Womanist Forefathers: Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois

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Traces a lineage of pro-feminist black men to two early radical proponents of female equality: Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue: Theorizing a Pro-woman(ist) Politics of Gender Justice before, during, and after "The Black Sexism Debate"	p. xi
Introduction: Black Men Writing Ourselves into Pro-woman(ist) Being(s) in the Name of the Black Maternal	p. 1
Reclaiming Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois as Womanist Forefathers
A Recovered Past Most Usable: Documenting the History of Black Male Gender Progressivism	p. 13
Frederick Douglass's Journey from Slavery to Womanist Manhood: Liberating the Black Male Self	p. 23
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Leading Male Feminist of His Time" and "Most Passionate Defender of Black Women"	p. 53
Novel for the "Darker Sisters": The Quest of the Silver Fleece and W. E. B. Du Bois's Vision of the (Quint)essential Black Woman(ist)	p. 81
Black Feminist "Sisters," "Brothers," and Fathers: Securing the Womanist Legacy
On the Power of Contemporary Black Feminist Profession	p. 115
"Brother"hood Called into Question	p. 127
A Vision of Pro-woman(ist) Masculinity for a "NewBlackMan(hood)"	p. 145
Hands-on Practice: Everyday Challenges of Pro-woman(ist)/Feminist Fatherhood	p. 163
Epilogue: "This is What a (Black Male) Feminist Looks Like" Time Has Brought about a Change	p. 191
Notes	p. 201
Works Cited	p. 205
Index	p. 211
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