The Black Woman An Anthology

by Bambara, Toni Cade; Traylor, Eleanor W

• ISBN13: 9780743476973
• ISBN10: 0743476972
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-29
• Publisher: Washington Square Press

Summary

A collection of early, emerging works from some of today's most celebrated African American female writersWhen it was first published in 1970,The Black Womanintroduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women -- many who would become leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them -- tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today.

Author Biography

Toni Cade Bambara was an author, filmmaker, activist, and educator. In the 1960s, she was involved in the Black Arts Movement, and active in the rise of black feminism. She created groundbreaking the feminist anthology collection featuring only women of color, The Black Woman. She is the author of The Salt Eaters, The Sea Birds Are Still Alive, Those Bones Are Not My Child—edited by Toni Morrison—and Gorilla, My Love. She also wrote short stories such as The Lesson, Raymond’s Run, and Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird.

Table of Contents

Re Calling the Black Woman	ix
Eleanor W. Traylor
Preface	1	(8)
Woman Poem	9	(2)
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki-Rosa	11	(2)
Nikki Giovanni
Poem	13	(2)
Kay Lindsey
Naturally	15	(1)
Audre Lorde
And What About the Children	16	(3)
Audre Lorde
Reena	19	(22)
Paule Marshall
The Diary of an African Nun	41	(6)
Alice Walker
Tell Martha Not to Moan	47	(18)
Shirley Williams
Mississippi Politics---A Day in the Life of Ella J. Baker	65	(10)
Joanne Grant
Motherhood	75	(12)
Joanna Clark
Dear Black Man	87	(8)
Fran Sanders
To Whom Will She Cry Rape?	95	(8)
Abbey Lincoln
The Black Woman as a Woman	103	(6)
Kay Lindsey
Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female	109	(14)
Frances Beale
On the Issue of Roles	123	(14)
Toni Cade
Black Man, My Man, Listen!	137	(4)
Gail Stokes
Is the Black Male Castrated?	141	(8)
Jean Carey Bond
Patricia Peery
The Kitchen Crisis	149	(6)
Verta Mae Smart-Grosvenor
End Racism in Education: A Concerned Parent Speaks	155	(10)
Maude White Katz
I Fell Off the Roof One Day (A View of the Black University)	165	(6)
Nikki Giovanni
Black Romanticism	171	(8)
Joyce Green
Black People and the Victorian Ethos	179	(8)
Gwen Patton
Black Pride? Some Contradictions	187	(16)
Ann Cook
The Pill: Genocide or Liberation?	203	(10)
Toni Cade
The Black Social Workers' Dilemma	213	(14)
Helen Williams
Ebony Minds, Black Voices	227	(12)
Adele Jones
Poor Black Women's Study Papers by Poor Black Women of Mount Vernon, New York	239	(12)
Pat Robinson
A Historical and Critical Essay for Black Women in the Cities, June 1969	251	(18)
Pat Robinson
The Black Revolution in America	269	(18)
Grace Lee Boggs
Looking Back	287	(10)
Helen Cade Brehon
From the Family Notebook	297	(6)
Carole Brown
Thinking About the Play The Great White Hope	303	(10)
Toni Cade
Are the Revolutionary Techniques Employed in The Battle of Algiers Applicable to Harlem?	313	(10)
Francee Covington
Notes on the Contributors	323