1. Toward an Authentic Feminism 1
2. Uses and Limits of Black Feminist Theory and
the Decline of Black Women's Empowerment 11
3. Gender and Community: The Power of Transcendence 25
4. The Crisis of Black Womanhood 39
5. The Economic Context of Black Women's Activism 55
6. The Particulars of Un-Negation 69
7. Feminist Leadership for the New Century 81
8. Feminism, Black Women, and the Politics of Empowerment 95
Epilogue: Suffer but Never Silently 103
Notes 105
Selected Bibliography 111
Index 117