The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities
Johnnetta Betsch Cole is the President of Bennett College in
Greensboro, North Carolina. She is President emerita of Spelman
College and Professor emerita of anthropology, Women's Studies, and
African American Studies at Emory University. A nationally known
African American feminist-intellectual, she is the author of
several books, including Conversations- Straight Talk with
America's Sister President.
Beverly Guy-Sheftall is the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's
Studies and English, and the Director of the Women's Research and
Resource Center at Spelman College. She is the editor of Words of
Fire- An Anthology of African American Feminist Thought and
coeditor (With Rudolph Byrd) of Traps- African American Men on
Gender and Sexuality among many other publications. She lives in
Atlanta.
“Captivating, bold, and well researched . . . A book of such
breadth and insight . . . The strength of Gender Talk lies not only
in its rich content and in its persuasive claims about the role of
gender and sexuality in the struggle against racism, but also in
the ease with which it wears its learning.”—The Crisis Forum
“An easy read on a complex topic . . . Johnetta Betsch Cole and
Beverly Guy-Sheftall bravely question and discuss gender politics
and re-illuminate the gender matters of Black life.”—Upscale
magazine
“A masterful analysis of the complexities of gender and race issues
among African Americans.”—Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Professor of
Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
“Gender Talk challenges the zero/sum game of patriarchy—that
women must lose so men can win—with the simple truth that the Black
community only wins when all its members are strong. Personally
honest, well-researched, practical and brave, Johnnetta Cole and
Beverly Guy-Sheftall have given all Americans a healing book that
no family, classroom, library, or couple should be without.”—Gloria
Steinem
“Back in the day, Black people agreed not to talk about women’s
liberation. . . . Cole and Guy-Sheftall have done us all a service
in calling us to finish the work of women’s equity in our
community. This book should be read by everyone interested in the
welfare of women and of Black people.”—Mindy Fullilove, Professor
of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health, Columbia University
“Truth telling, wisdom sharing, strong women have been and are the
‘tie that binds the Black Community.’ This book by two sisters in
that long line is filled with truth and wisdom.”—The Rev. Canon
Frederick B. Williams, Rector, Church of the Intercession
“Every feminist—and everyone who cares about racial and gender
justice— should read Gender Talk to understand the deep connections
between these historic liberation movements. . . . This book is an
original contribution to the political dialogue about race and
sex.”—Estelle Freedman, Department of History, Stanford University,
author of No Turning Back
“Thoughtful, provocative, concerned, and urgent, this work ignites
a much-needed debate over the state of true Black community and the
role of women within that community. . . . Historically centered
and respectful.”—Publishers Weekly
“Gender Talk reaches not for what is safe and easy, but for the
most difficult issues that will confront Black women and men in the
years ahead if they are to survive as a group. . . . Written from
the heads and the hearts of two women with long careers in race and
gender struggles inside and across the color line, its brilliant
but blunt honesty speaks truth through the power of Black
womanhood.”—Nellie Y. McKay, Department of African American
Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Recommended . . . A down-to-earth, unabashedly revolutionary
corrective to the conservative slant of much that is published
regarding African American communities.”—Library Journal
“This is an impassioned, insightful look at a controversial
topic.”—Booklist
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