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14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary”
Johnnie Tillmon, Welfare Rights, and Black Power
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Premilla Nadasen
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 “No Small Amount of Change Could Do” 25
- 2 What “the Cause” Needs Is a “Brainy and Energetic Woman” 47
- 3 From Communist Politics to Black Power 71
- 4 Shirley Graham Du Bois 95
- 5 “A Life History of Being Rebellious” 115
- 6 Framing the Panther 138
- 7 Revolutionary Women, Revolutionary Education 161
- 8 Must Revolution Be a Family Affair? 185
- 9 Retraining the Heartworks 205
- 10 “Women’s Liberation or . . . Black Liberation, You’re Fighting the Same Enemies” 223
- 11 To Make That Someday Come 248
- 12 Denise Oliver and the Young Lords Party 271
- 13 Grassroots Leadership and Afro-Asian Solidarities 294
- 14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary” 317
- About the Contributors 339
- Index 343
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 “No Small Amount of Change Could Do” 25
- 2 What “the Cause” Needs Is a “Brainy and Energetic Woman” 47
- 3 From Communist Politics to Black Power 71
- 4 Shirley Graham Du Bois 95
- 5 “A Life History of Being Rebellious” 115
- 6 Framing the Panther 138
- 7 Revolutionary Women, Revolutionary Education 161
- 8 Must Revolution Be a Family Affair? 185
- 9 Retraining the Heartworks 205
- 10 “Women’s Liberation or . . . Black Liberation, You’re Fighting the Same Enemies” 223
- 11 To Make That Someday Come 248
- 12 Denise Oliver and the Young Lords Party 271
- 13 Grassroots Leadership and Afro-Asian Solidarities 294
- 14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary” 317
- About the Contributors 339
- Index 343
