It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference

by Laura L. Lovett (Editor), Rachel Jessica Daniel (Editor), Kelly N. Giles (Editor), Diana Mara Henry (Photographer)

Overview

This volume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the stories of Black women who attended the 1977 National Women’s Conference, placing the diversity of Black women’s experiences and their leadership at the center of the history of the women’s movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813069487
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Laura L. Lovett, associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, is author of With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism. 



Rachel Jessica Daniel is director of the Center for Employee Enrichment and Development and professor of English at Massasoit Community College. 

Kelly N. Giles is a Ph.D. student in sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This exciting collection offers an up-close-and-personal view of Black women’s grassroots politics across the U.S. in the late 1970s. With evocative portrait photographs accompanying vivid biographies, It’s Our Movement Now makes readers feel like we are on the ground at the National Women’s Conference. A great read.”—Annelise Orleck, author of Rethinking American Women’s Activism

 

“Returns to an iconic moment in the history of second-wave feminism, highlighting a diverse group of African American women. This is the story of the variety of ways that Black women responded to, and attempted to address, racial and gender discrimination, as well as the obstacles and challenges they encountered.”—Deanna M. Gillespie, author of The Citizenship Education Program and Black Women’s Political Culture