African American Essay

1.     Beyond the Class Exercise (BTCE): Review select articles on Black Feminist & Womanist Thought Marable and Mullings, Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Part I: 8 & 15, Part II, 7-8; Part III, 7&19; Part V; Wiki: Black Feminism ---see bibliography and sources;

“Combahee River Collective Statement”

“Black Feminist Thought ---Patricia Hill Collins

Africana Womanism---Clenora Hudson Weems

“Mapping the Margins”---Kimberle Crenshaw

“Double Jeopardy”---Francis Beale

Audre Lorde---The Erotic as Power”

“To Be A Woman,” Ama Ata Aidoo

“For an Afro-Latin Feminism” Lelia Gonzalez

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********You should use at least two readings from Wiki, the syllabus, etc., to address the query on Black Feminism.  You should identify which of the readins you have chosen provides a better analysis of what Black Feminism is and/or how does it operates, etc. You should included your own conclusions which may be influence by one of the readinds.