Berea and Madison County, Kentucky (Black America Series) Book

Springer writes an analysis of Black feminist organizations during the Civil Rights Era. Disenfranchised by their intersectional oppression, Black women were excluded by the feminist and Black civil rights movements and platforms. Black feminists organized against both race and gender oppression, yet even after organizing, Black feminist groups were marginalized by larger civil rights groups during the same period - and continue to be marginalized in movements today. To begin her analysis, Springer separates the development of ideology, organizations, and movements and chronicles each Black feminist group's formation and decline within this framework.