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Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : VNR AG
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 37,20 MB
Release : 1992
Category : African American women
ISBN : 9780810391772
Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.
Author : Charlene B. Regester
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0253221927
Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about prevailing racial politics, on-screen and off-screen identities, and black stardom and white stardom. She reveals how these women fought for their roles as well as what they compromised (or didn't compromise). Regester repositions these actresses to highlight their contributions to cinema in the first half of the 20th century, taking an informed theoretical, historical, and critical approach.
Author : Ruby Bridges
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0593378547
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • CBC KIDS’ BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNER Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and first South Asian vice president–elect. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby’s experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans’ all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change. This beautifully designed volume features photographs from the 1960s and from today, as well as stunning jacket art from The Problem We All Live With, the 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell depicting Ruby’s walk to school. Ruby’s honest and impassioned words, imbued with love and grace, serve as a moving reminder that “what can inspire tomorrow often lies in our past.” This Is Your Time will electrify people of all ages as the struggle for liberty and justice for all continues and the powerful legacy of Ruby Bridges endures.
Author : Cheryl Willis Hudson
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,38 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0525645837
Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for the next generation of young people. Perfect for fans of Rad Women Worldwide, Women in Science, and Girls Think of Everything. Fearless. Bold. Game changers. Harriet Tubman guided the way. Rosa Parks sat for equality. Aretha Franklin sang from the soul. Serena Williams bested the competition. Michelle Obama transformed the White House. Black women everywhere have changed the world! Published in partnership with curators from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, this illustrated biography compilation captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better. "A beautifully illustrated testament to the continuing excellence and legacy of Africane American women." -Kirkus Reviews
Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2001-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0814716024
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 : Kathryn I. BelMonte
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9780811900027
Author : Bettye Collier-Thomas
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The contributors focus on specific examples of women pursuing a dual ambition: to gain full civil and political rights and to improve the social conditions of African Americans. Together, the essays challenge us to rethink common generalizations that govern much of our historical thinking about the experience of African American women.
Author :
Publisher : Frederick Fell Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,17 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811908696
Inspiring and amazing stories that showcase 150 black heroes and heroines.
Author : Daina Ramey Berry
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0807033553
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States. An empowering and intersectional history that centers the stories of African American women across 400+ years, showing how they are—and have always been—instrumental in shaping our country. In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer an examination and celebration of Black womanhood, beginning with the first African women who arrived in what became the United States to African American women of today. A Black Women’s History of the United States reaches far beyond a single narrative to showcase Black women’s lives in all their fraught complexities. Berry and Gross prioritize many voices: enslaved women, freedwomen, religious leaders, artists, queer women, activists, and women who lived outside the law. The result is a starting point for exploring Black women’s history and a testament to the beauty, richness, rhythm, tragedy, heartbreak, rage, and enduring love that abounds in the spirit of Black women in communities throughout the nation.
Author : Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 1998-05-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253211767
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn draws from original documents to take a comprehensive look at the African American women who fought for the right to vote. She analyzes the women's own stories, and examines why they joined and how they participated in the U.S. women's suffrage movement.