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The Portable Anna Julia Cooper

Written by: Shirley Moody-Turner - editor, Henry Louis Gates Jr. - editor
Narrated by: Karen Murray, Dominic Hoffman, Shirley Moody-Turner
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A collection of essential writings from the iconic foremother of Black women's intellectual history, feminism, and activism who helped pave the way for modern social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name.

A Penguin Classic

The Portable Anna Julia Cooper brings together, for the first time, Anna Julia Cooper's major collection of essays, A Voice from the South, along with several previously unpublished poems, plays, journalism, and selected correspondences, including more than 30 previously unpublished letters between Anna Julia Cooper and W. E. B. Du Bois. The Portable Anna Julia Cooper will introduce a new generation to an educator, public intellectual, and community activist whose prescient insights and eloquent prose underlie some of the most important developments in modern American intellectual thought and African American social and political activism.

Recognized as the iconic foremother of Black women's intellectual history and activism, Cooper (1858-1964) penned one of the most forceful and enduring statements of Black feminist thought to come of out of the 19th century. Attention to her work has grown exponentially over the years—her words have been memorialized in the US passport, and in 2009, she was commemorated with a US postal stamp. Cooper's writings on the centrality of Black girls and women to our larger national discourse has proved especially prescient in this moment of Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name, and the recent protests that have shaken the nation.

* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF which contains the Chronology and Suggestions for Further Reading from the book. 

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©2022 Shirley Moody-Turner and Henry Louis Gates (P)2022 Penguin Audio

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