{"product_id":"sojourning-for-freedom-9780822350507","title":"Sojourning for Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates a pathbreaking black radical feminist politics forged by black women leftists active in the U.S. Communist Party between its founding in 1919 and its demise in the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Radical black women had to challenge both the CP's sexism and its racism, and McDuffie provides a judicious and finely tuned analysis of black\u003cbr\u003ewomen's complicated relationship with the Party. . . . One of the great breakthroughs of McDuffie's book is his careful examination of personal testimonies, which like any narratives, demand analysis.” - Mary Helen Washington,\u003ci\u003e Women’s Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By the end of \u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom,\u003c\/i\u003e black left feminism appears not as a reaction to Moynihan and masculinism in the 1960s, but as an intergenerational radical tradition that forged critiques of gendered racial capitalism in the previous century, before providing an influential framework for thinking about the interlocking of oppressions for our own era. But enough of this review. Go and read this very valuable book for yourself!” - John J. Munro, H-1960s, \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking monograph, especially for a historian’s first book. Based on impressive archival research as well as forty oral histories conducted by the author, this book will change the way historians conceptualize black women’s activism in the Old Left and the New Left.” - Anne Meis Knupfer, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine scholarly work... McDuffie’s eloquent, but succinct, prose allows for easy reading… the book should spur penetrating discussions in undergraduate and graduate courses devoted to history, politics, women\/gender studies, and sociology. Indeed, \u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e affords endless opportunities for students and professors alike to articulate interesting view-points about the black feminist ideology and American communism from the early through the middle twentieth century.” - Brenda I. Marshall, \u003ci\u003eThe Griot: The Journal of African American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent primer on the communist party and\u003cbr\u003ethe Cold War in the United States as it relates to the eye-opening participation and motivations of black left feminists. It should be required reading in undergraduate and graduate courses covering this content area, as well as appealing to a general reading audience.” - Dolita Cathcart, \u003ci\u003eHistory: Reviews of New Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[I]lluminate[s] the ways that gender, race, and class intersected to shape the American Left.” - Andrea Friedman, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e inserts Communism into the historiography of black women’s activism. Providing a bridge between the black women’s club movement and Pan-Africanism, and later civil rights and black feminist activism, Erik S. McDuffie speaks to the historical continuity of protest strategies and concerns, such as internationalism. Drawing on his thorough research and original interviews, he makes a significant contribution toward a more complex history of black struggle.”—\u003cb\u003eKimberly Springer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLiving for the Revolution: Black Feminist Organizations, 1968–1980\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Erik S. McDuffie does more than introduce us to a fascinating group of black left feminists in the U.S. Communist Party. He also provides a genealogy of intersectional thinking on the workings of race, class, and gender by uncovering the predecessors of black women’s movements of the 1960s and 1970s.”—\u003cb\u003eEileen Boris\u003c\/b\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of U.S. Women’s History: Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine scholarly work... McDuffie’s eloquent, but succinct, prose allows for easy reading… the book should spur penetrating discussions in undergraduate and graduate courses devoted to history, politics, women\/gender studies, and sociology. Indeed, \u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e affords endless opportunities for students and professors alike to articulate interesting view-points about the black feminist ideology and American communism from the early through the middle twentieth century.” -- Brenda I. Marshall * The Griot *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking monograph, especially for a historian’s first book. Based on impressive archival research as well as forty oral histories conducted by the author, this book will change the way historians conceptualize black women’s activism in the Old Left and the New Left.” -- Anne Meis Knupfer * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent primer on the communist party and the Cold War in the United States as it relates to the eye-opening participation and motivations of black left feminists. It should be required reading in undergraduate and graduate courses covering this content area, as well as appealing to a general reading audience.” -- Dolita Cathcart * History: Reviews of New Books *\u003cbr\u003e“[I]lluminate[s] the ways that gender, race, and class intersected to shape the American Left.” -- Andrea Friedman * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“By the end of \u003ci\u003eSojourning for Freedom,\u003c\/i\u003e black left feminism appears not as a reaction to Moynihan and masculinism in the 1960s, but as an intergenerational radical tradition that forged critiques of gendered racial capitalism in the previous century, before providing an influential framework for thinking about the interlocking of oppressions for our own era. But enough of this review. Go and read this very valuable book for yourself!” -- John J. Munro H-1960s * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e“Radical black women had to challenge both the CP's sexism and its racism, and McDuffie provides a judicious and finely tuned analysis of black women's complicated relationship with the Party. . . . One of the great breakthroughs of McDuffie's book is his careful examination of personal testimonies, which like any narratives, demand analysis.” -- Mary Helen Washington * Women's Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Black Communist Women Pioneers, 1919–1930 25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Searching for the Soviet Promise, Fighting for Scottsboro and Harlem's Survival, 1930–1935 58\u003cbr\u003e 3. Toward a Brighter Dawn: Black Women Forge the Popular Front, 1935–1940 91\u003cbr\u003e 4. Racing against Jim Crow, Fascism, Colonialism, and the Communist Party, 1940–1946 126\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"We Are Sojourners for Our Rights\": The Cold War, 1946–1956 160\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ruptures and Continuities, 1956 Onward 193\u003cbr\u003e Notes 221\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 261\u003cbr\u003e Index 297","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406066590039,"sku":"9780822350507","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822350507.jpg?v=1730494412","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sojourning-for-freedom-9780822350507","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}