Jackson, Jenn M. - Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue. Jenn is a professor at the prestigious, top-ranked Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Their writing has appeared in Teen Vogue, the Washington Post, The Root, Bitch Magazine, Al Jazeera, Ebony, among others. FREQUENT LECTURER AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jenn has been invited to give anti-racist workshops and keynote speeches for private organizations and academic institutions. Black Women Taught Us is also perfect for class curriculums. 13 NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED ESSAYS: The Black women discussed in this collection are a mix of classic beloved writers such as Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as essays that rediscover forgotten marginalized voices such as Fannie Lou Hamer and Marsha P. Johnson