Raising Her Voice
eBook - ePub

Raising Her Voice

African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Raising Her Voice

African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History

About this book

Each chapter is a biographical sketch of an influential black woman who has written for American newspapers or television news, including Maria W. Stewart, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Gertrude Bustill Mossell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Josephine St.Pierre Ruffin, Delilah L. Beasley, Marvel Cooke, Charlotta A. Bass, Alice Allison Dunnigan, Ethel L. Payne, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Dedication
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Maria W. Stewart: Firebrand of the Abolition Movement
  10. 2. Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Advocate for Canadian Emigration
  11. 3. Gertrude Bustill Mossell: Guiding Voice for Newly Freed Blacks
  12. 4. Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Militant Crusader Against Lynching
  13. 5. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: Driving Force in the Women’s Club Movement
  14. 6. Delilah L. Beasley: Voice for Accommodation and Conciliation
  15. 7. Marvel Cooke: Literary Journalist of the Harlem Renaissance
  16. 8. Charlotta A. Bass: Radical Precursor of the Black Power Movement
  17. 9. Alice Allison Dunnigan: Champion of the Decline of Jim Crow
  18. 10. Ethel L. Payne: Agent for Change in the Civil Rights Movement
  19. 11. Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Creator of a Human Face behind the Contemporary Black Struggle
  20. A Synthesis
  21. Notes
  22. Index