Autobiography as activism : three Black women of the Sixties

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

A study of three Black Power narratives as instruments for radical social change.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Perkins, Margo V.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2000.
Series:	Sixties--primary documents and personal narratives, 1960-1974.
Subjects:	Davis, Angela Y. > (Angela Yvonne), > 1944- > Angela Davis. Brown, Elaine, > 1943- > Taste of power. Shakur, Assata. Shakur, Assata 1900-1999 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 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of 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.