Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America

by Hine, Darlene Clark; Facts on File, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780816034352
• ISBN10: 0816034354
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

Organized thematically, this book enables the user to discover the important black women and institutions within a particular field of endeavor, as well as gain an understanding of how each women shaped, and was shaped by, history and the community at large.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Volume	vii
Introduction	1	(28)
The Entries
Allensworth, Josephine	29	(1)
Alpha Suffrage Club	29	(2)
Associations for the Protection of Negro Women	31	(1)
Avery, Byllye	32	(1)
Ayer, Gertrude	33	(3)
Baker, Ella	36	(6)
Barrow, Willie B.	42	(1)
Bates, Daisy	43	(3)
Black Panther Party	46	(2)
Blackwell, Unita	48	(1)
Bolden, Dorothy	49	(2)
Boynton, Amelia	51	(1)
Brooks, Elizabeth Carter	52	(2)
Brown, Elaine	54	(1)
Brown, Linda Carol	55	(1)
Burks, Mary Fair	56	(2)
Clark, Septima	58	(4)
Cleaver, Kathleen	62	(1)
Combahee River Collective	63	(2)
Cosby, Camille O.	65	(2)
Cotton, Dorothy	67	(2)
Davis, Angela	69	(2)
Davis, Henrietta Vinton	71	(2)
Devine, Annie	73	(1)
Edelin, Ramona H.	74	(1)
Edelman, Marian Wright	75	(2)
Evers-Williams, Myrlie	77	(3)
Foster, Autherine Lucy	80	(3)
Garvey, Amy Ashwood	83	(2)
Garvey, Amy Jacques	85	(2)
Hamer, Fannie Lou	87	(2)
Harris, Louise	89	(1)
Hernandez, Aileen Clarke	90	(2)
Higgins, Bertha G.	92	(2)
Highlander Folk School	94	(3)
Housewives' League of Detroit	97	(3)
Huggins, Ericka	100	(1)
Hurley, Ruby	101	(2)
International Ladies Auxiliary, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters	103	(4)
Johnson, Kathryn	107	(1)
Jones, Claudia	108	(1)
Jones, Rhodessa	109	(2)
Kennedy, Flo	111	(1)
King, Coretta Scott	112	(3)
Lampkin, Daisy	115	(3)
Little Rock Nine	118	(3)
Loving, Mildred	121	(1)
Luper, Clara	122	(3)
Malone, Vivian	125	(2)
Maryland Freedom Union	127	(2)
McMillan, Enolia	129	(1)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party	130	(3)
Moody, Anne E.	133	(1)
Moore, Audley	133	(3)
Nash, Diane	136	(1)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	137	(4)
National Domestic Workers Union	141	(2)
National Welfare Rights Organization	143	(2)
Parks, Rosa	145	(2)
Parsons, Lucy	147	(2)
Patterson, Louise	149	(1)
Porter, Carol	150	(2)
Richardson, Gloria	152	(2)
Roberts, Lillian	154	(2)
Robeson, Eslanda Goode	156	(2)
Robinson, Bernice	158	(1)
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson	159	(2)
Shabazz, Betty	161	(1)
Simkins, Modjeska	161	(4)
Simmons, Althea T. L.	165	(1)
Sister Souljah	166	(2)
Sloan, Edith Barksdale	168	(2)
Smith-Robinson, Ruby Doris	170	(1)
Somerville, Vada Watson	171	(1)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee	172	(3)
Terrell, Mary Church	175	(4)
Universal African Black Cross Nurses	179	(1)
Universal Negro Improvement Association	179	(4)
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.	183	(5)
Wilson, Margaret Bush	188	(2)
Women's Political Council, Montgomery, Alabama	190	(3)
Chronology	193	(14)
Bibliography	207	(2)
Contents of the Set Organized by Volume	209	(8)
Contents of the Set Listed Alphabetically by Entry	217	(14)
Index	231