Living for the Revolution

Black Feminist Organizations, 1968–1980

Author: Kimberly Springer
ISBN: 9780822334934

The first in-depth analysis of the black feminist movement, Living for the Revolution fills in a crucial but overlooked chapter in African American, women’s, and social movement history. Through original oral history interviews with key activists and analysis of previously unexamined organizational records, Kimberly Springer traces the emergence, life, and decline of several black feminist organizations: the Third World Women’s Alliance, Black Women Organized for Action, the National Black Feminist Organization, the National Alliance of Black Feminists, and the Combahee River Collective. The first of these to form was founded in 1968; all five were defunct by 1980. Springer demonstrates that these organizations led the way in articulating an activist vision formed by the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality.The organizations that Springer examines were the first to explicitly use feminist theory to further the work of previous black women’s organizations. As she de

Publisher: Duke University Press
Publish Date: 2005-04-28

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Black Resource Center (Location: 2D), Black Resource Center (Location: 2A)