It's Our Movement Now

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Beyond the Minority Plank
Laura L. Lovett, Rachel Jessica Daniel, and Kelly N. Giles

Part 1. Symbols of Sisterhood

Chapter 1. Coretta Scott King: Icon as Activist
Rachel Jessica Daniel

Chapter 2. Michelle Cearcy: Carrying the “Torch of Equality”
Amira Rose Davis

Part 2. Sisters in Action

Chapter 3. Dr. Gloria Dean Randle Scott: Raising the Gavel with Hope for All Women
Janine Fondon

Chapter 4. Human Rights on the Homefront: Dorothy Height and Spirit of Houston
Julie A. Gallagher

Chapter 5. “I hope we won’t turn our backs on the masses of women in Florida”: Dr. Freddie Groomes-McLendon, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, and the Struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment
Johanna M. Ortner

Chapter 6. “Each One Teach One”: Dr. Jeffalyn Johnson on the Power of Community, Representation, and Education
Lindsay Amaral

Part 3. Activist Organizers

Chapter 7. Florynce Kennedy: A Radical Voice
Kirsten Leng

Chapter 8. Bringing Depth to the Movement: Race, Gender, and (Dis)Ability in the Life of Georgia McMurray
Crystal Lynn Webster

Chapter 9. Beyond Combahee: Barbara Smith and Black Radical Feminism
Julie de Chantal

Chapter 10. Johnnie Tillmon: Welfare as a Women’s Issue
Laura L. Lovett

Chapter 11. Addie Wyatt: Bridging Social Movements
Marcia Walker-McWilliams

Part 4. The Politicians

Chapter 12. Barbara Jordan: Conveying the Charge and the Challenge
Camesha Scruggs

Chapter 13. Beyond the Symbolism: Shirley Chisholm, Black Feminism, and Women’s Politics
Zinga A. Fraser

Chapter 14. C. Delores Tucker: Delegate-at-Large
Sabina Peck

Chapter 15. “I Was Me”: Yvonne Burke and the Politics of Representation
Sarah B. Rowley

Chapter 16. Maxine Waters: “I stood with Coretta Scott King”
Carlyn Ferrari

Part 5. Communicating Change

Chapter 17. Clara McLaughlin: “I don’t want ON, I want O-W-N”
Destiney Linker

Chapter 18. An Everyday Anchorwoman
Melba Tolliver

Chapter 19. Sharing a Precious Gift: Photographing the National Women’s Conference
Diana Mara Henry

List of Contributors

Index