Title Autobiography as activism : three Black women of the Sixties / Margo V. Perkins

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 161 pages) : illustrations Series Sixties--primary documents and personal narratives, 1960-1974. Contents "I am we": Black women activists writing autobiography -- Literary antecedents in the struggle for freedom -- On becoming: Activists' reflections on their formative experiences -- Autobiography as political/personal Intervention -- Gender and power dynamics in 1960s -- Black nationalist struggle -- Reading intertextually: Black power narratives then and now Summary A study of three Black Power narratives as instruments for radical social change Notes Based on the author's thesis (Cornell University) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index Notes Print version record Subject Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- Angela Davis Brown, Elaine, 1943- Taste of power Shakur, Assata. SUBJECT Shakur, Assata fast Subject American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism African American women political activists -- Biography -- History and criticism American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century African American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism Autobiography -- African American authors. African American women in literature. Autobiography -- Women authors. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. African American women in literature African American women -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Biography American prose literature -- African American authors American prose literature -- Women authors Autobiography -- African American authors Autobiography -- Women authors Women and literature Frau United States Schwärze USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781604737356 1604737352

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