bbwhm:Badass Black Women History Month:Celebrating 28 Black Women Who Said, “Fuck it, I’ll Do It!”Da
bbwhm:Badass Black Women History Month:Celebrating 28 Black Women Who Said, “Fuck it, I’ll Do It!”Day 6: Patricia Hill CollinsProfessor and AuthorPatricia Hill Collins is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past President of the American Sociological Association Council. Collins was the 100th president of the ASA and the first African-American woman to hold this position.Collins is also the author of Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment. Quote:Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement. -- source link
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