Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed. Harris demonstrates that Black women have tried to gain centrality through their participation in Presidential Commissions, Black feminist organizations, theatrical productions, film adaptations of literature, beauty pageants, electoral politics, and Presidential appointments. Harris contends that 'success' in this area means that the feminist-identified Black women in the Congressional Black Caucus who voted against Clarence Thomas's appointment would have spoken on behalf of Anita Hill; Senator Carol Moseley Braun would have won re-election; Lani Gunier would have had a hearing; Dr. Joycelyn Elders would have maintained her post; and Congresswoman Barbara Lee wouldn't have stood alone in her opposition to the Iraq war resolution.

Duchess Harris, PhD, is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College. She is the co-editor with Bruce D. Baum of the forthcoming Racially Writing the Republic: Racists, Race Rebels, and Transformations of American Identity. She is also enrolled at William Mitchell College of Law.

Series Editors' Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
List of Abbreviations	p. xviii
A History of Black American Feminism	p. 1
The 1990s in Context: A History of Black Women in American Politics	p. 55
Black Women's Relationships with Party Politics	p. 89
Doubting the Democrats: Current Disenchantment and Political Futures	p. 135
Epilogue	p. 149
Interview Questions	p. 157
Executive Order 1098 Establishing the President's Commission on the Status of Women	p. 161
Members of the President's Commission and Its Committees and Consultations	p. 165
Notes	p. 179
Index	p. 185
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Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton

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