Blackbirds singing : inspiring Black women's speeches from the Civil War to the twenty-first century / Janet Dewart Bell, PhD.
| Author/creator |
Bell, Janet Dewart author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : The New Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2024 |
| Description | xii, 300 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Mary Ann Shadd Cary -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Anna Julia Cooper -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Mary Church Terrell -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Nannie Helen Burroughs -- Lucy Diggs Slowe -- Ella Baker -- Pauli Murray -- Dorothy I. Height -- Margaret Walker Alexander -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Shirley Chisholm -- Maya Angelou -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Myrlie Evers-Williams -- Audre Lorde -- Barbara Jordan -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Angela Y. Davis -- Kathleen Cleaver -- Barbara Lee -- Carol Moseley Braun -- Ruby Nell Sales. |
| Abstract | "An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | speeches (documents) |
| Genre/form | History |
| Genre/form | Speeches. |
| Genre/form | Discours. |
| LCCN | 2023038564 |
| ISBN | 9781620976289 |
| ISBN | 1620976285 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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