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Toni Cad e 8 am bar a tdited hy BLACK WOMAN Jln Jlntholoqy with cont~tbutions/Mm Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, Abbey Lincoln, Paule Marshall, and othe~s and a new int·lodttclion by Dr. Eleanor W. Traylor WOMEN'S STUDIES "[Toni Cade Bambara was] a major contributor to the emerging genre of black women's literature, along with the writers Toni Morrison and Alice Walker." -The New York Times o/ /wm o/ 's .._]l collection eai/y, eme~qinq woiks some today most celeb~ated Jl/iican Jln1e~ican /emale w~de'zs When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this ground breaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women-many who would become leaders in their fields: bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them-tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today. TONI CADE BAMBARA, a celebrated writer, documentary filmmaker, activist, and cultural worker, is the author of the short story collections The Seabirds Are Still Alive and Gorilla, My Love; novels The Salt Eaters and Those Bones Are Not My Child; and anthologies Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks and Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions. Ms. Bambara's works have appeared in numerous periodicals, and have been translated into several languages. ISBN: 978-0-7434-7697-3 $21.99 U.S. nWSP $25.99CAN 52 1 9 9 WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS Cover design by Min Choi Cover photograph ©Carlton Jones; cover ponel ort © CoiHer Compbell Uleworks/CORBIS Iw ww.simonSO)'$.COm j Cbe 13/ack ~oman Also by Toni Cade Bambara These Bones Are Not My Child Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions The Salt Eaters The Sea Birds Are Still Alive Gorilla, My Love Tales and Stories for Black Folks Cbe 13/ack 'JtJoman An Anthology Coni Cade 13ambam WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 'W. tleano~ Cmylo~ It WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PUBLISHED BY POCKET BOOKS New York London Toronto Sydney --- ft Washington Square Press 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 1970 by Toni Cade Introduction copyright © 2005 by Toni Cade Bambara All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Washington Square Press, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 ISBN: 978-0-7434-7697-3 First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition March 2005 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Designed by Christine Weathersbee Manufactured in the United States of America For information regarding special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at l-800-456-67M or [email protected] "And What About the Children," from Chosen Poems: Old and New by Audre Lorde. Copyright© 1982, 1976, 1974, 1973, 1970, 1968 by Audre Lorde. Used by permission ofW. W. Norton & Company, Inc. "Naturally;' Co~yright © 1968 by Audre Lorde, from Collected Poems by Audre Lorde. Used by permission ofW. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Contents Re Calling the Black Woman ix Eleanor W. Traylor Preface 1 Woman Poem 9 Nikki Giovanni Nikki-Rosa 11 Nikki Giovanni Poem 13 Kay Lindsey Naturally 15 AudreLorde And What About the Children 16 AudreLorde Reena 19 Paule Marshall The Diary of an African Nun 41 Alice Walker Tell Martha Not to Moan 47 Shirley Williams [ v 1 CoNTENTS Mississippi Politics- 65 A Day in the Life of Ella J. Baker Joanne Grant Motherhood 75 Joanna Clark Dear Black Man 87 Fran Sanders To Whom Will She Cry Rape? 95 Abbey Lincoln The Black Woman as a Woman 103 Kay Lindsey Double Jeopardy: 109 To Be Black and Female Frances Beale On the Issue of Roles 123 ToniCade Black Man, My Man, Listen! 137 Gail Stokes Is the Black Male Castrated? 141 Jean Carey Bond and Patricia Peery The Kitchen Crisis 149 Verta Mae Smart-Grosvenor End Racism in Education: 155 A Concerned Parent Speaks Maude White Katz I Fell Off the Roof One Day 165 (A View of the Black University) Nikki Giovanni [ vi I CoNTENTS Black Romanticism 171 Joyce Green Black People and the Victorian Ethos 179 Gwen Patton Black Pride? Some Contradictions 187 Ann Cook The Pill: Genocide or Liberation? 203 ToniCade The Black Social Workers' Dilemma 213 Helen Williams Ebony Minds, Black Voices 227 Adele ]ones and Group Poor Black Women's Study Papers 239 by Poor Black Women of Mount Vernon, New York Pat Robinson and Group A Historical and Critical Essay 251 for Black Women in the Cities, June 1969 Pat Robinson and Group The Black Revolution in America 269 Grace Lee Boggs Looking Back 287 Helen Cade Brehon From the Family Notebook 297 Carole Brown Thinking About the Play 303 The Great White Hope ToniCade [ vii l CONTENTS Are the Revolutionary Techniques 313 Employed in The Battle ofA lgiers Applicable to Harlem? Francee Covington Notes on the Contributors 323
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