According to Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith, black feminists are “those who hold the belief that Black women hold value and knowledge stemming from the oppression they personally endure” (Johnson 231).

Below, I made a timeline detailing some events of black feminism in the midst of the Civil Rights era.

Works Cited

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Gay, Roxane. “Fifty Years Ago, Protesters Took on the Miss America Pageant and Electrified the Feminist Movement.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Jan. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fifty-years-ago-protestors-took-on-miss-america-pageant-electrified-feminist-movement-180967504/.

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Powell, Susan. “Libs—With Babes in Arms and Their Men—Honor ‘She’.” Trenton Times, 27 Aug. 1970.

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Thompson, Becky “Multiracial Feminism: Recasting the Chronology of Second Wave Feminism.” Feminist Studies, 28, 2, 2002, 336-360.