Profiles of influential Black womenactivists at a historic moment Thisvolume offers a panoramic view of Black feminist politics through the storiesof a remarkable cross section of Black women who attended the 1977 National Womens Conference. Thesewomen advocated for civil and womens rights but also for accessibility, lesbians, sex workers, welfare recipients, laborers, and children.Thewomen featured in this book include icons Coretta Scott King and Michelle Cearcy, a teenager who served as a torchbearer at the conference. Contributorsoffer insights into the lives of Gloria Scott, Dorothy Height, Freddie Groomes-Mc Lendon, and Jeffalyn Johnson. The profiles include activistorganizers Georgia Mc Murray, Barbara Smith, Johnnie Tillmon, Addie Wyatt, and Florynce Kennedy. The hard-won achievements of politicians are examined andcelebrated, including those of Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, Maxine Waters, C.Delores Tucker, thefirst Black female secretary of state for Pennsylvania, and Yvonne Burke, oneof the first Black women elected to Congress and the first representative togive birth while serving. The final profiles cover Clara Mc Claughlin, reporter Melba Tolliver, and photojournalist Diana Mara Henry, who shared the details ofthe conference and the continual work being done by Black women with othersthrough various media channels. This book places the diversity of Black womensexperiences and their leadership at the center of the history of the womensmovement.Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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