Jones / Eubanks Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around

Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5116-9
Verlag: State University of New York Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 354 Seiten

Silver Winner, 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies Category

2015 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation

2015 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction presented by the Publishing Triangle


As an organizer, writer, publisher, scholar-activist, and elected official, Barbara Smith has played key roles in multiple social justice movements, including Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism. Her four decades of grassroots activism forged collaborations that introduced the idea that oppression must be fought on a variety of fronts simultaneously, including gender, race, class, and sexuality. By combining hard-to-find historical documents with new unpublished interviews with fellow activists, this book uncovers the deep roots of today's "identity politics" and "intersectionality" and serves as an essential primer for practicing solidarity and resistance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Alethia

Eubanks, Virginia

Weitere Mitwirkende

Smith, Barbara

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley

Preface by Barbara Smith

Acknowledgments


1. Chronicling an Activist Life


Virginia Eubanks and Alethia Jones


2. Home Grown: Early Roots of Activism


Roots of Beloved Community

Barbara Smith, “Interview by Loretta Ross,” Voices of Feminism Oral History Project (Smith and Ross 2003)

Interview with Barbara Ransby

“Klunder, Bruce W.,”
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (1997)

Interview with Barbara Ransby


College Life and Activism

Barbara Smith, “Interview by Loretta Ross,” Voices of Feminism Oral History Project (Smith and Ross 2003)

Interviews with Barbara Ransby, Matt Richardson, and Alethia Jones


What Would It Mean to Be a Lesbian?

Barbara Smith, “Interview by Loretta Ross,” Voices of Feminism Oral History Project (Smith and Ross 2003)

“Taking the Home Out of Homophobia: Black Lesbian Health,” Jewelle Gomez and Barbara Smith (1990)

Barbara Smith, “Interview by Loretta Ross,” Voices of Feminism Oral History Project (Smith and Ross 2003)


3. Building Black Feminism


A New Era of Black Feminism

Interview with Virginia Eubanks

National Black Feminist Organization Statement of Purpose, National Black Feminist Organization (1973)

The Combahee River Collective Statement, Combahee River Collective ([1977], 1979)

Interviews with Kimberly Springer, Barbara Ransby, Alethia Jones, and Virginia Eubanks


Black Feminist Organizing Tactics

“Black Feminism: A Movement of Our Own,” Barbara Smith ([1984], 1997)

“Who Is Killing Us,” Terrion Williamson (2012)

Interview with Kimberly Springer


Building Linkages across Difference

“Face-to-Face, Day-to-Day—Racism CR [Consciousness Raising] Guidelines for Women’s Groups,” Tia Cross, Freada Klein, Barbara Smith, and Beverly Smith (1979)

“Breaking the Silence: A Conversation in Black and White,” Laura Sperazi (1978)

Interview with Virginia Eubanks


Unfinished Business

“Establishing Black Feminism,” Barbara Smith (2000)

“African American Women in Defense of Ourselves,” Elsa Barkley Brown, Deborah K. King, and Barbara Ransby

“Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves,” Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (2011)

Interviews with Kimberly Springer, Virginia Eubanks, and Alethia Jones


4. Building Black Women’s Studies


More Than Academic
“Doing Research on Black American Women, or; All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave,” Barbara Smith (1975)

“The Politics of Black Women’s Studies,” Gloria Hull and Barbara Smith (1982)

“‘Beautiful, Needed, Mysterious’: Review of
Sala by Toni Morrison,” Barbara Smith (1974)

Interview with Beverly Guy-Sheftall


“Irrevocable Acts”: Navigating Dangerous Waters

“Black Women Writers and Feminism: Toward a Black Feminist Criticism” (Bowles 1979)

“Black Women Writers and Feminism Questions & Answer Session” (Bowles 1979)

Interview with Beverly Guy-Sheftall


Truth Telling in the Academy

“Racism and Women’s Studies,” Barbara Smith (1980)

Interview with Virginia Eubanks


5. Building Kitchen Table Press


Black in Print

“Black Women and Publishing,” Modern Language Association Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession (1976)

“Our Stories: Women of Color,” Barbara Smith (1984)

Interview with Matt Richardson


Our Books Were Lifelines

“A Press of Our Own: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press,” Barbara Smith (1989)

Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press titles 1983-1992

The Freedom Organizing pamphlet series

Interviews with Matt Richardson, Barbara Ransby, and Kimberly Springer


The Cost of Independence

“Packing Boxes and Editing Manuscripts: Women of Color in Feminist Publishing,” Sojourner Editorial Collective (1993)

Interview with Matt Richardson


6. Building Mutli-Issue Movements


Forging Coalitions: Fighting Homophobia, Racism, and Classism

“Soul on Hold,” Barbara Smith (1985)

“Blacks and Gays: Healing the Great Divide,” Barbara Smith (1993)

“Where Has Gay Liberation Gone? An Interview with Barbara Smith,” Amy Gluckman and Betsy Reed (1997)

“Will People of Color Pay the Price? A Statement by People of Color in Support of the Ad Hoc Committee for an Open Process,” Ted Beck, Mandy Carter, Chandra L. Ford, Kara Keeling, and Barbara Smith (1999)

“Organizing in Albany: Justice for Diallo,” Barbara Smith (2000)

Interviews with Joo-Hyun Kang and Kimberly Springer

“Please Don’t Fan Flames of Bigotry,” Barbara Smith (2011)

“It’s a Diverse World, and That Includes Sexuality,” Barbara Smith (2011)

“A New LGBT Politics Seeks to Marry Issues, Not Just People,” Jamilah King (2012)


Embraced by the Black Radical Congress

“The Struggle Continues: Setting a Black Liberation Agenda for the 21st Century: Call for Participation in the Black Radical Congress,” BRC Organizing Committee (1998)

“Black Radical Congress Principles of Unity,” BRC Organizing Committee (1998)

“Dialogue between Barbara Smith and Kimberly Springer,” Democracy Now! (1998)

Interviews with Barbara Ransby and Alethia Jones


7. Building Progressive Urban Politics


A Movement Builder on the Campaign Trail

“Black Feminist Activism: My Next Chapter,” Barbara Smith (2012)

Interviews with Vera “Mike” Michelson and Joo-Hyun Kang


In the Belly of the Beast

Interviews with Vera “Mike” Michelson, Alethia Jones, Barbara Ransby, and Virginia Eubanks

Flyer for Albany Neighborhoods First

“WAMC Commentary on Gun Violence,” Barbara Smith, July 21, 2008

SNUG rally flyer

“WAMC Commentary on Education,” Barbara Smith, November 6, 2008


Radical Visions versus Reformist Institutions

Interviews with Vera “Mike” Michelson, Virginia Eubanks, and Alethia Jones

Peace and Unity Resolution

Immigrant Rights Resolution


8. “Took Root, Bore Fruit”: Legacies and Futures of Black Feminist Life


Sheroes and Foremothers
Interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

University of Alabama letter from Robin Boylorn

Ella’s Daughters’ Seven Sisters Campaign, Ella’s Daughters (n.d.)


The Legacy of Kitchen Table Press and Black Women’s Studies

Interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

University of Alabama letter from Lisa C. Moore

University of Alabama letter from Sheri-Davis Faulkner


The Legacy of Combahee: Identity Politics and Interlocking Oppressions

Interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2010)

“What Sistas Want, What Sistas Believe: Black Feminist Twelve Point Plan,” Black Feminist Working Group (2011)

Interviews with Virginia Eubanks and Alethia Jones


The Legacy of Combahee’s Organizing: Coalitions for Conscious Collective Solutions

Interview with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

UBUNTU Statement of Purpose

“Occupy Wall Street: Black Voices for Economic Justice Must Be Heard,” Ron Daniels (n.d.)


Black Feminist Futures

Interviews with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Alethia Jones, and Virginia Eubanks

“Crunk Letter to Patriarchy,” Crunk Feminist Collective (2012)


Editorial Note

How We Built This Book

Bibliography

Interviews Commissioned for This Volume

Interviewer and Contributor Biographies

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alethia Jones is Director of Education and Leadership Development at 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
Virginia Eubanks is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York and author of
Digital Dead End: Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age.
Barbara Smith is Public Service Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University at Albany, State University of New York. She served two terms as a member of the City of Albany's Common Council, and is the author of
The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom.