African American Activism and Political Engagement

Angela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York (SUNY), USA. Jones's research interests include sexualities, sex work, Black feminist theory and methods, trans studies, and African American political thought and protest.

• Introduction, Angela JonesEssaysSlavery, Freedom, and Resistance in the Abolition Movement and the U.S. Visual Imagination, Martha J. Cutter“To Live Comfortably from the Fruits of Our Labors”: Black Women and the Early Black Freedom Struggle for Labor Rights, Danielle Phillips-CunninghamThe Long Battle against Jim Crow: African American Activism and the History of Desegregation, Marisela Martinez-ColaAfrican Americans and the Fight for the Vote, Lawrence GoldstoneThe Black Power Movement: The Black Panther Party and Its Transnational Dimensions, Setsuko MatsuzawaBlack Lives Matter: Intersectional Activism and the Future of Black Liberation, Emmanuel CannadyThe First Black President: The Contributions and Legacy of Barack Obama, Aaron J. HowellEncyclopedia EntriesAbernathy, Ralph David, Sr.Ableman v. BoothAbolition of SlaveryAffirmative ActionAfrican American Sororities and FraternitiesAfrican American Vernacular EnglishAfro-American Council/LeagueAfrocentrismAfrofuturismAli, MuhammadAngelou, MayaAssassination of Fred HamptonAssassination of Malcolm XAssassination of Martin Luther King JrAudre Lorde ProjectBaker, EllaBaldwin, JamesBlack Entertainment Television (BET)Black ChurchBlack EntrepreneurshipThe Black FamilyBlack Liberation ArmyBlack Liberation TheologyBlack Lives MatterBlack Panther PartyBlack PressBlack Radical CongressBlack Star LineBlack Women’s Club MovementBlack WorldBrotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersBrowder v. GayleBrown, JohnBrown v. Board of EducationBuchanan v. WarleyCentral Park Five (Exonerated Five)Chicago Defender, TheChisholm, ShirleyCivil DisobedienceCivil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil WarClark, Septima PoinsetteCleaver, KathleenColor of ChangeColorismCompromise of 1877Congress of Racial EqualityCongressional Black CaucusCooper, Anna JuliaCorrigan v. BuckleyCotton, DorothyCox, LaverneCrummell, AlexanderCullors, PatrisseDavis, AngelaDavis v. St. Louis Housing AuthorityDelany, MartinDeLarverie, StorméDouglass, FrederickDred Scott v. SandfordEmployment DiscriminationEnvironmental RacismEqual Employment Opportunity CommissionEvers, MedgarExecutive Order 8802Executive Order 9981Fair Housing Act of 1968Fair Sentencing Act of 2010Farmer, James L., Jr.Freedman’s Savings BankFreedom SummerFreedom’s JournalGarvey, Marcus MosiahGarza, AliciaGentrificationGerrymanderingGideon v. WainwrightGrandfather ClauseGreat MigrationGriffin-Gracy, Miss MajorHamer, Fannie LouHarlem RenaissanceHealth CareHeart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesHeight, DorothyHip-HopHistorically Black Colleges & UniversitiesHIV/AIDSHousing DiscriminationJackson, Jesse Jim CrowJohnson, Marsha P.Jones, ClaudiaJordan, BarbaraJuneteenthKaepernick, ColinKennedy, Florynce “Flo”King, Coretta ScottKing, Martin Luther, Jr.Ku Klux Klan (KKK)Lawyers Constitutional Defense CommitteeLeadership Conference on Civil and Human RightsLewis, JohnLiberator, TheLiteracyLittle Rock NineLoving v. VirginiaLynchingMalcolm XMarch on Washington for Jobs and FreedomMarshall, ThurgoodMass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial ComplexMcLeod Bethune, MaryMcNeal Turner, HenryMedia RepresentationsMeredith, JamesMontgomery Bus BoycottMontgomery Improvement AssociationMorgan, Gertrude Wright Moses, BobMurray, PauliMusic and Black ActivismNAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundNational Action NetworkNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)National Council of Negro Women283 National Equal Rights LeagueNational Housing Act of 1934National Negro CongressNational Urban LeagueNegritudeNegro WorldNewton, Huey P.Niagara MovementNorth Star, TheObama, BarackObama, Barack: The Election ofObama, Barack: First Term in OfficeObama, Barack: Second Term in OfficeObama, MichelleObama, Michelle: “Let Girls Learn” CampaignObama, Michelle: “Let’s Move” CampaignObama, Michelle: “Reach Higher” CampaignOrganization of Afro-American UnityOwens, JessePan-AfricanismParks, RosaPlessy v. FergusonPolice BrutalityPowell, Adam Clayton, Jr.Rainbow/PUSH CoalitionRandolph, Asa PhilipRapeReconstruction AmendmentsRedliningReparationsRichardson, GloriaRobinson, Amelia BoyntonRusswurm, John BrownRustin, BayardSeale, BobbySelma March/Bloody SundaySharecroppingShelley v. KraemerShuttlesworth, FredSit-InsSlave RevoltsSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceSports and Black ActivismStewart, MariaStonewall RiotsStop and FriskStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)Terrell, Mary ChurchTill, Murder of EmmettTometi, OpalTrotter, William MonroeTruth, SojournerTubman, HarrietTure, KwameTurner, NathanialTwenty-Fourth AmendmentUniversal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)Voter SuppressionVoting Rights Act of 1965Walker, DavidWashington, Booker T.Waters, MaxineWells, Ida B.White SupremacyWhite, WalterWilkins, RoyWilliams, HoseaYoung, WhitneyYouth ActivismGlossary of Films, Darrien HuntGlossary of Organizations, Darrien HuntSelected BibliographyAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex

As accessible as it is comprehensive, this book will be a welcome addition to public, high-school, and academic libraries.