When and where I enter
Subtitle: the impact of Black women on race and sex in America
By: Paula Giddings.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: African American women -- Political activity -- History; Feminism -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Civil rights; United States -- Race relations
Description: This book is a testimonial to the profound influence of African-American women on race and women's movements throughout American history. Drawing on speeches, diaries, letters, and other original documents, the author portrays how black women have transcended racist and sexist attitudes - often confronting white feminists and black male leaders alike - to initiate social and political reform. From the open disregard for the rights of slave women to examples of today's more covert racism and sexism in civil rights and women'sorganizations, the author illuminates the black woman's crusade for equality. In the process, she paints portraits of black female leaders, such as anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, educator and FDR adviser Mary McLeod Bethune, and the heroic civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, who fought both overt and institutionalized oppression.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 389-393.
Includes index.