Black women — Intellectual life.

  • Speeches from A Celebration of Black Womanhood Weekend at Barnard College

    This is a recording of the “Black feminist thought” panel from the Barnard Organization of Black Women’s conference, “A Celebration of Black Womanhood Weekend,” held February 4-5, 1978. The events of the conference focused on the Black woman as a professional, how young, Black women can enter the professions, and what to expect after she…

  • The November 10, 1977 CCNY conference: Black and Latin women in art and politics

    Excerpts from the November 10, 1977 conference of Black and Latin women in arts and politics, organized by the Black and Latin Women’s Organization of City College New York. The thoughts of Jill Nelson, June Jordan, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

  • Black feminism

    Program opens with a dialogue about the Women’s movement between Tendai Chitoza[sp?] of Zimbabwe and Donna Allegra. Next Donna Allegra talks with with Helen Toppins, one of the co-coordinators of the Black Feminist Network and Lori Sharpe, one of the co-founders of the Black Feminist Network about Tendai and feminism in the Third World. No…

  • Yearning, race, gender, and cultural politics / Bell Hooks ; interviewed by Wendy White.

    YEARNING, RACE, GENDER, AND CULTURAL POLITICS / Bell Hooks| interviewed by Wendy White. – Dr. Bell Hooks, author and Professor of English at Oberlin College, Ohio. Hooks begins by examining the lifestyle of Black women and work, the attitude of feminists toward Black women, and the lack of Black female leadership. Hooks goes on to…