Janet Dewart Bell

Gebundenes Buch

Blackbirds Singing

Inspiring Black Women's Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

Beschreibung

"An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice"--

Autor

Janet Dewart Bell is a social justice activist with a doctorate in leadership and change from Antioch University. She founded the Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society series at the New York University School of Law and is the author of Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement and Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century and the co-editor (with Vincent M. Southerland) of Carving Out a Humanity and Race, Rights, and Redemption (all published by The New Press). An award-winning television and radio producer, she lives in New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The New Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 141mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781620976289
• ISBN-10: 1620976285
• Artikelnr.: 60943759