Chapter Eleven. Talking Black, Talking Feminist: Gendered Micromobilization Processes in a Collective Protest against Rape

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contributors xiii
5. Preface xix
6. Introduction: African American Women Redefining Activism for the Millennium 1
7. Part I African American Women’s Political Voices
8. Chapter One. Barbara Smith: A Home Girl with a Mission 15
9. Chapter Two. To Be Young, Female, and Black 25
10. Chapter Three. Four Mission Statements 37
11. Part II Our Continuous Struggle: Activism Born of the 1960s Era
12. Chapter Four “Triple Jeopardy” Black Women and the Growth of Feminist Consciousness in SNCC, 1964–1975 47
13. Chapter Five. The Making of the Vanguard Center: Black Feminist Emergence in the 1960s and 1970s 70
14. Chapter Six “Inside Our Dangerous Ranks” The Autobiography of Elaine Brown and the Black Panther Party 91
15. Chapter Seven. Racial Unity in the Grass Roots? A Case Study of a Women’s Social Service Organization 107
16. Chapter Eight “Necessity Was the Midwife of Our Politics” Black Women’s Health Activism in the “Post”–Civil Rights Era (1980–1996) 131
17. Chapter Nine. Black Women in Congress during the Post–Civil Rights Movement Era 149
18. Part III Contemporary African American Women’s Activism
19. Chapter Ten. Engendering the Pan-African Movement: Field Notes from the All-African Women’s Revolutionary Union 165
20. Chapter Eleven. Talking Black, Talking Feminist: Gendered Micromobilization Processes in a Collective Protest against Rape 189
21. Chapter Twelve. ONAMOVE African American Women Confronting the Prison Crisis 219
22. Chapter Thirteen. Behind But Not Forgotten Women and the Behind-the-Scenes Organizing of the Million Man March 241
23. Chapter Fourteen. Crossing Lines: Mandy Carter, Grassroots Activism, and Mobilization ’96 259
24. Chapter Fifteen. Documenting the Struggle: African American Women as Media Artists, Media Activists 275
25. Chapter Sixteen “Workers Just Like Anyone Else” Organizing Workfare Unions in New York City 297
26. Epilogue: African American Women’s Activism in the Global Arena 325
27. Index 341