Women - Black Power

what did BP pamphlets show women as?

revolutionary equals

what did women activists in BP have aims for?

daycare, food aid and supporting poorer neighbourhoods

in 1970s what % of members of BPP were female? what were female members called?

2/3

called sisters

who was erika higgins?

a high ranking member of the organisation of conneticut

who was elaine brown?

a member of the BPP who was second only to Huey Newton

what female speaker was malcolm X moved by?

Fannie Lou Harner

how many did the women ran breakfasts club feed daily?

20,000

Who was angela davis? what did she believe? what did she write and when?

intellectual and member of BPP she challenged male dominated narratives and argued that black liberation and gender equality was inseperable

she wrote ‘women race and class’ in 1981

what was the group of black feminists called and when were they made? what did they argue?

the combanee river collective made in 1974

they argued that racism sexism and black oppression was interconnected

who was an example of a black feminst ?

bell hooks

what did black activists call for women to do?

walk behind the men

what do the NOI condemn in 1965?

birth control and refer to it as the deadly pill

what did the radicalisation of BP mean for women?

it was harmful to the cause of womens rights

who was critised for ‘doing a mans role’?

angela davis in 1967 for organising a rally

what was feminism seen by AA men as?

a white womans thing

what did BP emphasise that harmed womens cause?

strong black masculinity and they saw males as the leaders of black liberation - women were seen as more supporters than leaders

what did carmichael say about womens role?

womens position was prone

what happened to elaine brown in the BPP and when? why?

1977 she is kicked out because Huey Newton returned from exile

what was the difference in black feminism focus to white womens?

black focused on racial liberation and economic justice and police brutality

white focused on abortion and workplace legislation