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