Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: In the Whip of the Whirlwind 1
5. Part I: Laying the Groundwork
6. Chapter 1. “Closed Doors” 9
7. Chapter 2. For the Race in General and Black Women in Particular 21
8. Chapter 3. Behind-the-Scenes View of a Behind-the-Scenes Organizer 42
9. Part II: Personal Narratives
10. Chapter 4. “Tired of Giving In” 59
11. Chapter 5. “Heirs to a Legacy of Struggle” 75
12. Chapter 6. “We Wanted the Voice of a Woman to Be Heard” 83
13. Part III: Women, Leadership, and Civil Rights
14. Chapter 7. “We Seek to Know . . . in Order to Speak the Truth” 93
15. Chapter 8. African American Women in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 121
16. Chapter 9. Anger, Memory, and Personal Power 139
17. Part IV: From Civil Rights to Black Power
18. Chapter 10. “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” 171
19. Chapter 11. Black Women and Black Power 197
20. Chapter 12. “Ironies of the Saint” 214
21. Chapter 13. “No One Ever Asks What a Man’s Role in the Revolution Is” 230
22. Part V: Law, Feminism, and Politics
23. Chapter 14. “Joanne Is You and Joanne Is Me” 257
24. Chapter 15. From the Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective 280
25. Chapter 16. The Civil Rights–Black Power Legacy 306
26. Selected Bibliography 333
27. Permissions 343
28. Contributors 345
29. Index 349