- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The hidden vanguard: Black Panther women, 2000
- Creator:
- Ashenafi Nega, Dawana Makeba
- Date of Original:
- 2000-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The study examined the experiences of twenty women who were members of the Black Panther Party from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. This work has been classified within an African American womanist theoretical framework, which acknowledges simultaneous oppressions of race, class and gender. This study was based on the need to understand the vital role that Black women played in the Black Panther Party. Its purpose is to give voice to those women whose participation and experiences have been ignored, but whose lives helped shape the meaning of the Black Panther Party. A questionnaire was constructed to allow each woman to emphasize important events in her life which influenced her decision to join the Black Panther Party. Indepth interviews provided the data to construct a biography for each woman. The findings revealed that Black Panther women demonstrated political involvement by establishing community groups. In addition, Black Panther women were active leaders in other civic, religious, social and neighborhoods organizations.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2000_ashenafi_nega_dawana_makeba
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
