[PDF] The Message To The Black Woman In America eBook

Author : Jonah Sanders
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Page : 43 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 2020-05-06
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When I first thought about writing this, I have to be honest and state that I was a little afraid to mess it up. I would think about if I missed something or offended someone, nevertheless I just had to do it. I remember reading The Message to The Black Man in America and wondered why wasn't there something for black women. Then not wanting to offend Elijah Muhammad's followers I became more at odds with my decision, but thinking about my sisters I just had to do it. I reflected on all of the things that the black woman in America goes through. True, other women in the world go through trials and tribulations, as well as have dreams and aspirations, but I believe that no one deserved a one on one more than the black woman in America. Why? I truly believe such, for starters, is that I'm black and that I was raised by a black woman. In our culture it is usually the black woman who raises the black boy to be a man - which is sad but true. It is usually the black woman who is the first teacher. But then it is the black woman who is constantly disrespected. Then of course, it is usually the black woman who has to save the day. Then - honestly, for we must always be honest, right? Who can even compare to the black woman in America? It was the black woman who used to push to slaves to fight for their freedom. It was the black woman who sparked a rebellion and organized sit downs so that we today can eat in restaurants - even when we were considered free. It was the black woman who fought to abolish the lynching of blacks in the south. It was a black woman who pushed a black man become the president of the United States of America.Black queens, I ask that if I have forgotten something or even offend you in the slightest to forgive me for that is not my intention. For my sincere intention is to just have a little one on one with you out of respect. I've compiled this message so that it is short so it does not take much of your time...but I pray that you get something from it.Peace and love.Your brother,Jonah Sanders

Author : Elijah Muhammad
Publisher : Elijah Muhammad Books.com
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 1973-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1884855709

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According to countless mainstream news organs, Elijah Muhammad, by far, was the most powerful black man in America. Known more for the students he produced, like Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan and Muhammad Ali, this controversial man exposed the black man as well as the world to a teaching, till now, was only used behind closed doors of high degree Masons and Shriners. An easy and smart read. The book approaches the question of what and who is God. It compares the concept held by religions to nature and mathematics. It also explores the origin of the original man, mankind, devil, heaven and hell. Its title, Message To The Blackman, is directed to the American Blacks specifically, but addresses blacks universally as well.

Author : Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300165412

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DIVFrom a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of black women and how distorted stereotypes affect their political beliefs/div

Author : Mia E. Bay
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1469620928

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Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women's places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers, educators, activists, religious leaders, and social reformers in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean. Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both their race and their gender, these essays uncover the work of unconventional intellectuals, both formally educated and self-taught, and explore the broad community of ideas in which their work participated. The end result is a field-defining and innovative volume that addresses topics ranging from religion and slavery to the politicized and gendered reappraisal of the black female body in contemporary culture. Contributors are Mia E. Bay, Judith Byfield, Alexandra Cornelius, Thadious Davis, Corinne T. Field, Arlette Frund, Kaiama L. Glover, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, Natasha Lightfoot, Sherie Randolph, Barbara D. Savage, Jon Sensbach, Maboula Soumahoro, and Cheryl Wall.

Author : Ula Yvette Taylor
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1469633949

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The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organization's men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black women's experience in the NOI, however, has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to escape the devaluation of black womanhood while also clinging to the empowering promises of patriarchy. Taylor shows how, despite being relegated to a lifestyle that did not encourage working outside of the home, NOI women found freedom in being able to bypass the degrading experiences connected to labor performed largely by working-class black women and in raising and educating their children in racially affirming environments. Telling the stories of women like Clara Poole (wife of Elijah Muhammad) and Burnsteen Sharrieff (secretary to W. D. Fard, founder of the Allah Temple of Islam), Taylor offers a compelling narrative that explains how their decision to join a homegrown, male-controlled Islamic movement was a complicated act of self-preservation and self-love in Jim Crow America.

Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 2001-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0814716024

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Tells the stories and documents the contributions of African American women involved in the struggle for racial and gender equality through the civil rights and black power movements in the United States.

Author : Gerda Lerner
Publisher : New York : Pantheon Books
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :

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"In this fine collection of rare documentary sources, many of them previously unpublished, African-American women in their rich diversity speak of themselves, their lives, their ambitions, their struggles. Theirs are stores of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. In the spirit of the slave mother who counseled her daughter, "Fight, and if you can't fight, kick; if you can't kick, then bite," black women resisted sexual abuse and economic oppression, cared for black children and neighbors, and organized for survival and political power. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past"--Book cover.

Author : La Frances Rodgers-Rose
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 1980-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN :

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`The Black Woman...has a great deal of relevance to the black woman in Britain today and its message is clear. We must continue to use our heritage of strength and determination...to establish our right to equal citizenship...' -- New Community, Spring-Summer 1981 `...a serious attempt to inform by presenting historical, research, and experiential accounts of Black women by Black women. The book should be relevent on both an informative and sensitizing basis for graduate level social science students.' -- Sex Roles, Vol 7 No 12, 1981 `...an impressive group of papers regarding the experiences of African American women, past and present. It is a collection that is original, thought provo