By Jeanne Theoharis,Komozi Woodard,Dayo F. Gore
The tale of the black freedom fight in the USA has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Huey Newton. With few exceptions, black girls were perceived as helping actresses; as behind-the-scenes or peripheral activists, or rank and dossier get together individuals. yet what approximately Vicki Garvin, a Brooklyn-born activist who turned a pacesetter of the nationwide Negro exertions Council and advisor to Malcolm X on his travels via Africa? What approximately Shirley Chisholm, the 1st black Congresswoman?
From Rosa Parks and Esther Cooper Jackson, to Shirley Graham DuBois and Assata Shakur, a number of girls validated a lifelong dedication to radical swap, embracing a number of roles to maintain the circulation, founding a number of teams and mentoring more youthful activists. assisting to create the foundation and continuity for the circulation through working as neighborhood organizers, foreign mobilizers, and charismatic leaders, the tales of the ladies profiled in Want to begin a Revolution? aid shatter the pervasive and imbalanced photograph of girls at the sidelines of the black freedom struggle.
Contributors: Margo Natalie Crawford, Prudence Cumberbatch, Johanna Fernández, Diane C. Fujino, Dayo F. Gore, Joshua Guild, Gerald Horne, Ericka Huggins, Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, pleasure James, Erik McDuffie, Premilla Nadasen, Sherie M. Randolph, James Smethurst, Margaret Stevens, and Jeanne Theoharis.
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