About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 “No Small Amount of Change Could Do” 25
6. 2 What “the Cause” Needs Is a “Brainy and Energetic Woman” 47
7. 3 From Communist Politics to Black Power 71
8. 4 Shirley Graham Du Bois 95
9. 5 “A Life History of Being Rebellious” 115
10. 6 Framing the Panther 138
11. 7 Revolutionary Women, Revolutionary Education 161
12. 8 Must Revolution Be a Family Affair? 185
13. 9 Retraining the Heartworks 205
14. 10 “Women’s Liberation or . . . Black Liberation, You’re Fighting the Same Enemies” 223
15. 11 To Make That Someday Come 248
16. 12 Denise Oliver and the Young Lords Party 271
17. 13 Grassroots Leadership and Afro-Asian Solidarities 294
18. 14 “We Do Whatever Becomes Necessary” 317
19. About the Contributors 339
20. Index 343