"We Must Be Up and Doing"

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"We Must Be Up and Doing" is written by Teresa C. Zackodnik and published by Broadview Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1460402146 (ISBN 10) and 9781460402146 (ISBN 13).

African American women have been “up and doing” for their communities for as long as they have been in the United States, and their ability to resist the institution of slavery was central to the survival of African Americans. This anthology gives readers access to African American feminist thought in its foundational period by drawing together key documents from the late 1820s through the 1920s. Going beyond a focus on the “greats” of black feminism to include lesser known figures, “We Must Be Up and Doing” offers a broad and contextualized look at the critical mass early black feminism achieved by including a variety of genres, such as the spiritual autobiography, the platform speech, periodical articles, pamphlets, fiction, and excerpts from convention and conference proceedings.