Remaking Black Power by Ashley D. Farmer

Black Power was the product and realization of black women’s freedom dreams.

“I hope that if a young woman were to read this book years from now she would see that it was far from being male-led and violent. When asked whether or not she understood that Remaking Black Power, for many young girls, would likely be their first introduction into Black Power-similar to how Nas and Pac educated me - Farmer expressed humbleness and held fast to hope. Farmer’s research peels off decades of masculine images and stereotypes associated with the Black Power movement. READ:: Mainstreaming Black Power: A New Book on the Black Power MovementĬapping out at 288 pages, Farmer’s engrossing piece of art examines how black women’s intellectual, political and cultural contributions were integral to the making of Black Power. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye Matthews and Mary Phillips - which is centered around women roles in the Black Power movement. Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender and The Black Panther Party in Oakland, as well as the Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project - headed by Spencer, and professors Angela D. “Remaking Black Power” follows the brilliant publication of Prof. Ashley Farmer, instructor of history and African American Studies at Boston University, recently published a compelling and informative book titled, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (University of North Carolina Press). The New Jersey artist juxtaposed womanly beauty to radical ideals, which introduced me to new ideas and images of Black Power: powerful black women.įast-forward to 2018, somewhere there’s a handful of black girls whose minds are churning over thoughts of activism, womanhood and Black Power. Years later, rapper Rah Digga, who is just as lyrically adept as her male contemporaries, released her gracefully, yet in-your-face track titled “Angela Davis,” named after political activist and professor.

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Remaking Black Power by Ashley D. Farmer