Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith (SUNY series in New Political Science)

Reveals a remarkable womanâ€™s life and her contributions to social justice movements related to Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism.

As an organizer, writer, publisher, scholar-activist, and elected official, Barbara Smith has played key roles in multiple social justice movements, including Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism. Her four decades of grassroots activism forged collaborations that introduced the idea that oppression must be fought on a variety of fronts simultaneously, including gender, race, class, and sexuality. By combining hard-to-find historical documents with new unpublished interviews with fellow activists, this book uncovers the deep roots of todayâ€™s â€œidentity politicsâ€ and â€œintersectionalityâ€ and serves as an essential primer for practicing solidarity and resistance.

â€œBarbara Smith is a creator of modern feminism as a writer, organizer, editor, publisher, and scholar. Now she has added to her decades as an activist outside the system by becoming an elected official who truly listens, represents, and creates bridges to a common good. She has shown us that democracy is a seed that can only be planted where we are.â€ â€” Gloria Steinem

â€œBarbara Smith is one of the grand pioneering and prophetic voices of our time. Her truth still hurts and heals!â€ â€” Cornel West

â€œAinâ€™t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around is not a memoir, a biography, nor a reader. It is a reflection and a conversation. It is also a montage of forty years of documents, interviews, and articles that provide useful lessons for social justice work. This book is a tour de force that documents the lifeâ€™s work of Barbara Smith and the freedom struggles she shaped.â€ â€” Duchess Harris, author of Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Obama
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer SUNY Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781438451145
ReleaseDate 2014-11-01

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	SUNY Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781438451145
ReleaseDate	2014-11-01

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith (SUNY series in New Political Science)

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