Black feminist politics from Kennedy to Obama /

Black feminist politics from Kennedy to Obama / Duchess Harris.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black womenʹs involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and the present, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed. Duchess Harris demonstrates that Black women have tried to gain...

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Main Author: Harris, Duchess.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:First Palgrave Macmillan paperback edition.
Series:Contemporary Black history.
Subjects:
African American feminists > Political activity > History.
African American women > Political activity > History.
Feminism > United States > History.
Elections > United States > Sociological aspects.
Feminists.
Feminism.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects > History.
Table of Contents:
  • A history of Black American feminism
  • The 1990s in context: a history of Black women in American politics
  • Black women's relationships with party politics
  • Doubting the Democrats: current disenchantment and political futures
  • The state of black women in politics under the first black president.

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