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The National Alliance of Black Feminists: A History

The National Alliance of Black Feminists: A History

Nachescu, Ileana

Paperback

Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Black American StudiesRegional: MidwestWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0252088670
ISBN13: 9780252088674
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: Jun 24 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Founded in 1975, the non-partisan National Alliance of Black Feminists (NABF) played a critical role in the Black women's liberation movement and the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. The Chicago-based organization's Black humanist feminism powered a singular dedication to building coalitions while influencing its historic set of comprehensive political, economic, and cultural demands.

Ileana Nachescu places the NABF's history as the bridge between Black women's social activism in the 1970s and the intellectual activism of the 1980s. Her account details the NABF's work and how it reflected the group's strong humanist belief in the transformation of all human beings. Nachescu also shows that the NABF's post-Eighties erasure from movement histories is consistent with how many white feminists marginalized women of color and rejected their leadership. From there, Nachescu examines Black lesbians' vibrant support of the NABF and shows how respectability politics pressured the group to support its lesbian membership in private but maintain a public silence on the issue.

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