BW and men

Question 1

Problems with Black Nationalism

Answer 1

• BM stood centre stage
• it wanted to put BW in traditional place
• Those who tried to get involved in it were accused of being dominant and stopping BM from doing what they had to

Question 2

What did Amiri Baraka say?

Answer 2

• cultural nationalists did not believe in equality theyre different and compliment eachother
• need to do whats natural to us
• BW must first inspire her man then teach her children
• referred to those who advocated for BW as devils

Question 3

What did Angela Davis say people said to her?

Answer 3

• she had a constant problem in her career of people criticising her for doing a mans job

Question 4

What is WOMB

Answer 4

• female student organisation at Harvard University
• dedicated to Black Children and family
• removing themselves from dominance to stand by their man

Question 5

What happened when homecoming queen was announced Harvard University?

Answer 5

1966

• BW wore her in Afro
• as she came to stage there was cheering and chanting of black power

Question 6

What did Michele Wallace write?

Answer 6

1968

• it took her 3 years to realise Stokely was serious when he said my position in the movement was prone
• 3 years to understand that the countless speeches that all began with the black man did not include me

Question 7

What does Angela Le-Blanc-Ernest say about Oakland?

Answer 7

• things changed for the better when Elaine Brown became chair in 1974
• the increased presence of women
• shift from paramilitary to community service, incarceration
• By 1970s even Huey Newton supported women’s liberation and gay liberation (

Question 8

What did Francis Beale organise?

Answer 8

• Third World Alliance

- was important as shows a rise of BF consciousness out of the CRM