Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction xv
5. A Note on Citations xxiii
6. I Toward a Black Feminist Criticism
7. Introduction 3
8. Toward a Black Feminist Criticism 5
9. The Souls of Black Women 28
10. Sexual Politics and the Fiction of Zora Neale Hurston 35
11. Naming the Unnameable: The Poetry of Pat Parker 50
12. The Truth That Never Hurts: Black Lesbians in Fiction in the 1980s 59
13. We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice: A Tribute to James Baldwin 98
14. African American Lesbian and Gay: History An Exploration 107
15. II Between a Rock and a Hard Place
16. Introduction 123
17. Racism and Women’s Studies 124
18. The Tip of the Iceberg 130
19. The Rodney King Verdict 134
20. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around 140
21. Homophobia: Why Bring It Up? 148
22. The NEA Is the Least of It 154
23. Blacks and Gays: Healing the Great Divide 167
24. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Relationships between Black and Jewish Women 178
25. III Working for Liberation and Having a Damn Good Time
26. Introduction 207
27. Chicago Firsthand: A Distortion of Reality 208
28. Working for Liberation and Having a Damn Good Time 215
29. Doing It from Scratch: The Challenge of Black Lesbian Organizing 222
30. Where’s the Revolution? 237
31. Where’s the Revolution? Part II 247
32. IV A Rose
33. Introduction 253
34. A Rose 254
35. Organizations to Contact 277
36. Selected Bibliography 285
37. About the Author 289