Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed.

PART I: THE '90S IN CONTEXT: A HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICAN POLITICS
PART II: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN BLACK FEMINISM
PART III: BLACK WOMEN'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTY POLITICS
PART IV: DOUBTING THE DEMOCRATS: CURRENT DISENCHANTMENT AND POLITICAL FUTURES

DUCHESS HARRIS is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College, USA.