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    • Author/Creator:Scruggs-Leftwich, Yvonne.
    • Title:Sound bites of protest / Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich ; foreword by Dorothy I. Height.
    • ISBN:9780883782729
      0883782723
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Published/Created:Chicago : Third World Press, c2008.
    • Physical Description:xxviii, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    • Format:Book
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 184-189) and index.
    • Contents:An urgent independence struggle for African women : gender matters -- Black women are credible presidential candidates -- Ward Connerly is not colorblind : he is just blind and dangerous -- Black and Latina women locked in the jailhouse and the poorhouse -- For Black women : "life ain't been no crystal stair" -- Keeping Black women's advancements in perspective -- Imus's demise must herald new standards -- Black leaders and the urban policy institutes -- The scientifically reasoning city -- Beyond shopping Black -- The darkening diversity -- Vessels of our collective future -- The race debate -- Hardcore rap does not deserve a constitutional shield -- Career photos -- Leveraging our legacy to lift our city --Always look a gift horse in the mouth : things are not always as they seem -- The next millennium : second verse of the dream -- A passion for progress and parity -- Racism and racial inequality -- Facing an uncertain future from strength -- C. DeLores Tucker : a lamplighter for the paths -- R. Joyce Witley : knowing when to wear white gloves -- Byllye Y. Avery : humanizing the time in between -- Florence May Rice : change agent extraordinaire -- Julia Outterbridge-Robinson : changing the complexion of the mainstream -- Susan Deniece Stukes : the hard sciences -- Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich : about the author -- Poem and family photos.
    • Subjects:African American women--Social conditions.
      African American political activists--History--20th century.
      African American leadership.
      African Americans--Civil rights.
      African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
      United States--Race relations--History.