Preface; Introduction; 1. Toward an Authentic Feminism; 2. Uses and Limits of Black Feminist Theory and the Decline of Black Women's Empowerment; 3. Gender and Community: The Power of Transcendence; 4. The Crisis of Black Womanhood; 5. The Economic Context of Black Women's Activism; 6. The Particulars of Un-Negation; 7. Feminist Leadership for the New Century; 8. Feminism, Black Women, and the Politics of Empowerment; Epilogue: Suffer but Never Silently; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
Further to Fly describes the ways in which, since the 1960s, black women have been stripped of their traditional status as agents of change in the community--and how, as a result, the black community has faltered. Radford-Hill explores the shortcomings of second-wave black and white feminism, revealing how their theoretical underpinnings have had unintended (and often unacknowledged) negative consequences for black women's lives and their communities
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and index
