The Injustices of Rape

“The first comprehensive study that examines the black freedom and women’s liberation movements' responses to rape alongside one other. . . . The Injustices of Rape is equally relevant as an introduction to antirape activism as well as a deep dive that will further the knowledge of experts and advocates. Jacquet’s book raises as many questions about our present as it does about the past.”—Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work

“[A] masterful study of the gendered and racialized dynamics in modern antirape activism.”—The Journal of African American History

“Students and scholars studying intersectionality, gender studies, race and ethnic studies, and social movements would all benefit from Jacquet’s intersectional reframing of the twentieth-century history of two major movements that, in our own day, need each other more than ever.”—Journal of the History of Sexuality

“In recasting the history of antirape activism from 1950 to 1980, Jacquet shows that the feminist antirape movement and the history of black women’s protest for bodily integrity are hardbound together and linked in theories, practices, and legacies.” — Danielle L. McGuire, author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance

“Building on the dual frameworks of both racial and gender justice movements, this book fills an important gap in the historiography on sexual violence and political responses to it. Jacquet’s use of primary print and archival sources to ground the history, coupled with the multiplicity of actors and the care she takes to avoid overgeneralization, make this an extremely important work of scholarship.” — Estelle B. Freedman, author of Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation