Remaking Black Power

“Farmer challenges the basic assumptions of this period that the main role of women was marginal or custodial within Black Power formations, or that black women simply left Black Power organizations to form their own groups in reaction to intransigent sexism during the era. Instead, Farmer describes black women as engaged in intense ideological struggles to shape the political interventions and priorities of the organizations in which they were involved.”—American Historical Review

“Farmer offers students of twentieth-century U.S. history a marvelous gift: an intellectual genealogy of radical black women’s black power activism, grounded in their political theorizing and cultural production and spanning the post—World War II years through the 1970s.”—Journal of American History

“Through a rigorous multimedia analysis encompassing artwork, political cartoons, and manifestos, Farmer illuminates just how essential the women of the Black Power movement were, tracing their efforts in decades past to the continued centrality of Black women in the fight for social justice.”—Esquire

“Outstanding and nuanced. . . . Farmer traces the relationships between black women’s intellectual, artistic, and activist work.”—Journal of Southern History

“Remaking Black Power is an instant classic that belongs on every graduate reading list in twentieth-century United States, African American, women’s, and intellectual history. . . . In demonstrating how essential Black women’s ideas and activism were to the development, survival, and evolution of Black Power as an inclusive and emancipatory ideology, Farmer has laid down the proverbial gauntlet. Moving forward, no scholar should not be able to think, write, or teach about the monumental era without consulting Farmer’s text or the intellectual work of the Black women activists she so ably chronicles.”—Journal of African American History

“The compelling analysis and clear prose make this book a must-read for anyone who desires a more nuanced understanding of Black Power beyond the works by and about the select few men who are more commonly recognized as the movement’s leaders.”—Public Books

“An in-depth scholarly analysis of Black Nationalist movements, feminism, and art. Recommended for a scholarly audience.”—Library Journal

“Groundbreaking. . . . A powerful account of collective theorizing and activism on the part of several generations of Black women, Remaking Black Power is a magnificent contribution to the fields of Social and Intellectual History.”—Amerikastudien

“This in-depth study by Farmer depicts strides against sexism, racism, and classism that black women from all walks of life made to blaze pathways toward freedom . . . this text reveals how black women have continued to be central figures in challenging long-standing social injustices.â.”—CHOICE

“Provides a nuanced and perceptive account of black women’s political activism in the Black Power era.”—Pacific Historical Review