Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed.

Autorentext
DUCHESS HARRIS is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College, USA.

Inhalt
PART I: THE '90S IN CONTEXT: A HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICAN POLITICS PART II: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN BLACK FEMINISM PART III: BLACK WOMEN'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTY POLITICS PART IV: DOUBTING THE DEMOCRATS: CURRENT DISENCHANTMENT AND POLITICAL FUTURES