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Books by Beverly Guy-Sheftall






Words of Fire(1st Edition)
An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Paperback, 577 Pages, Published 1995 by The New Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-256-4, ISBN: 1-56584-256-1

" The first major anthology to trace the development, from the early 1800s to the present, of black feminist thought in the United States, Words of Fire is Beverly Guy-Sheftall’s comprehensive collection of writings, in the feminist tradition, of more than sixty African American women. From the pioneering work of abolitionist Maria Miller Stewart and anti-lynching crusader Ida Wells-Barnett to the writings of contemporary feminist critic ..."






Who Should Be First?
Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2010 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-3376-9, ISBN: 1-4384-3376-X

"Feminists speak out on race and gender in the 2008 presidential campaign.Who should be first? With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as frontrunners, the 2008 Democratic primary campaign was a watershed moment in U.S. history. Offering the choice of an African American man or a white woman as the next Democratic candidate for president, the primary marked an unprecedented moment—but one that painfully echoed previous struggles for ..."






I Am Your Sister(1st Edition)
C0ollected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities)
by Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Audre Geraldine Lorde
Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-984645-0, ISBN: 0-19-984645-6

"Audre Lorde was not only a famous poet; she was also one of the most important radical black feminists of the past century. Her writings and speeches grappled with an impressive broad list of topics, including sexuality, race, gender, class, disease, the arts, parenting, and resistance, and they have served as a transformative and important foundation for theorists and activists in considering questions of power and social justice. Lord ..."






Still Brave(9th Edition)
The Evolution of Black Women's Studies
by Frances Smith Foster, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Stanlie M. James, Stanlie Myrise James, Angela Y. Davis, Bell Hooks, Et Al.
Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by The Feminist Press At Cuny
ISBN-13: 978-1-55861-611-0, ISBN: 1-55861-611-X

"Cheryl Clarke, Angela Davis, bell hooks, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Alice Walker—from the pioneers of black women’s studies comes Still Brave, the definitive collection of race and gender writings today. Including Alice Walker’s groundbreaking elucidation of the term “womanist,” discussions of women’s rights as human rights, and a piece on the Obama factor, the collection speaks to the ways that feminism has evolved and how black wom ..."






Gender Talk(11th Edition)
The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta B. Cole
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2003 by One World/Ballantine
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-45413-3, ISBN: 0-345-45413-8

"Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, Gender Talk asserts boldly that gender mat ..."






Gender Talk(1st Edition)
The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities
by Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2003 by One World/Ballantine
ISBN-13: 978-0-345-45412-6, ISBN: 0-345-45412-X

"Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, Gender Talk asserts boldly that gender mat ..."






Daughters of Sorrow
Attitudes Toward Black Women, 1880-1920 (Black Women in United States History)
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Hardcover, 17 Pages, Published 1990 by Carlson Pub
ISBN-13: 978-0-926019-17-1, ISBN: 0-926019-17-1

"ONE Introduction: The Case for the Study Clearly, women have been the victims of scholarly neglect. Black women, possessing a double minority status, ..."






I Am Your Sister(1st Edition)
Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde (Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities)
by Rudolph P. Byrd, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnetta Betsch Cole, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Audre Lorde, Johnetta Betcsch Cole, Oxford University Press
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-534148-5, ISBN: 0-19-534148-1

"Audre Lorde was not only a famous poet; she was also one of the most important radical black feminists of the past century. Her writings and speeches grappled with an impressive broad list of topics, including sexuality, race, gender, class, disease, the arts, parenting, and resistance, and they have served as a transformative and important foundation for theorists and activists in considering questions of power and social justice. Lord ..."






Mickalene Thomas(Reprint)
I Can’t See You Without Me
by Nicole R. Fleetwood, Michael Goodson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Antwaun Sargent, Mickalene Thomas, Sherri Geldin
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2018 by Wexner Center For The Arts
ISBN-13: 978-1-881390-57-2, ISBN: 1-881390-57-8

"Presenting paintings of some of the artist's key models and muses, I Can't See You Without Me illuminates the work of Brooklyn painter Mickalene Thomas (born 1971). Culling from art history and popular culture, Thomas creates scintillating portraits that deconstruct the highly charged connections between sitter, artist and viewer. Whether depicted as classically composed 19th-century odalisques, Afro-adorned vixens of blaxploitation fil ..."






Seeking the Beloved Community(Reprint)
A Feminist Race Reader (SUNY Series, Philosophy and Race (Paperback))
by Joy James, Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-4632-5, ISBN: 1-4384-4632-2

"Selected essays on radical social change.Written over the course of twenty years, the essays brought together here highlight and analyze tensions confronted by writers, scholars, activists, politicians, and political prisoners fighting racism and sexism. Focusing on the experiences of black women calling attention to and resisting social injustice, the astonishing scale of mass and politically driven imprisonment in the United Sta ..."






Who Should be First?(Updated)
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Suny Press
Hardcover, 357 Pages, Published 2010 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-3375-2, ISBN: 1-4384-3375-1

"Who should be first? With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as frontrunners, the 2008 Democratic primary campaign was a watershed moment in United States history. Offering the choice of an African American man or a white woman as the next Democratic candidate for U.S. President, the primary marked an unprecedented moment--but one that painfully echoed previous struggles for progressive change that pitted race and gender against each othe ..."






Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist(1st Edition)
A Critical Introduction
by Vivian M. May, Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95643-7, ISBN: 0-415-95643-9

"Vivian M. May explores the theoretical and political contributions of Anna Julia Cooper, a renowned Black feminist scholar, educator and activist whose ideas deserve far more attention than they have received. Drawing on Africana and feminist theory, May places Cooper's theorizing in its historical contexts and offers new ways to interpret the evolution of Cooper's visionary politics, subversive methodology, and defiant philosophical ou ..."






Gender Talk
The Struggle for Women's Equality in African American Communities
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta B. Cole, Sheftall Cole
Hardcover, Published 2099 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-16103-3, ISBN: 0-374-16103-8






Bearing Witness(1st Edition)
Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists
by Jontyle Theresa Robinson, Afterword-Pearl Cleage, Foreword-Maya Angelou, Contributor-Judith Wilson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, M. Akua Mcdaniel, Maya Angelou, Lowery Stokes Sims, Contributor-Beverly Guy..., Johnnetta B. Cole
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1996 by Rizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1962-1, ISBN: 0-8478-1962-0

"To commemorate the opening of their new museum, Spelman College presents an unprecedented exhibition of the work of contemporary African American women artists.Twenty-five of the most outstanding African American women artists have contributed their work to the exhibition "Bearing Witness," celebrating the opening of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the 115th anniversary of the college. Works in all mediums are included here-- ..."






Bearing Witness
by Jontyle Theresa Robinson, Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Maya Angelou, Pearl Cleage, Contributor-Darryl Mcdaniels, Contributor-Judith Wilson, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Akua Mcdaniel, Et Al., Lowery Stokes Sims, Johnnetta B. Cole, Dr Maya Angelou
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 1996 by Rizzoli
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1963-8, ISBN: 0-8478-1963-9

"To commemorate the opening of their new museum, Spelman College presents an unprecedented exhibition of the work of contemporary African American women artists.Twenty-five of the most outstanding African American women artists have contributed their work to the exhibition "Bearing Witness," celebrating the opening of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the 115th anniversary of the college. Works in all mediums are included here-- ..."






Women's Studies
A Retrospective : A Report to the Ford Foundation
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Susan Heath, Ford Foundation
Paperback, 45 Pages, Published 1995 by Ford Foundation
ISBN-13: 978-0-916584-49-8, ISBN: 0-916584-49-6






Double Stitch(1st Edition)
Black Women Write About Mothers & Daughters
by Patricia Bell-Scott, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Jacqueline Jones Royster, Janet Sims-Wood, Et Al.
Hardcover, 271 Pages, Published 1991 by Beacon Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0910-9, ISBN: 0-8070-0910-5

"Maya Angelou provides the foreword for this collection of poetry, fiction, and memoir about mothers and daughters, written by such well-known black writers as Alice Walker, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and others. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo."






Sturdy Black Bridges(1st Edition)
Visions of Black Women in Literature
by Roseanne Bell, Bettye J. Parker, Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 1979 by Doubleday
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-13347-0, ISBN: 0-385-13347-2

"A critical appreciation of Black women in literature considers Black images, major influences in the field, and new creative works enhancing the theme of Black bridges"






Who Should Be First?
Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign
by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Johnnetta B. Cole
ISBN-13: 978-1-4416-6959-9, ISBN: 1-4416-6959-0






Deborah Roberts
The Evolution of Mimi
by Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Kirsten Pai Buick, Erin J. Gilbert, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Antwaun Sargent, Franklin Sirmans, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Deborah Roberts
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Georgia Museum Of Art And Spelman College Museum Of Fine Art
ISBN-13: 978-1-946657-10-7, ISBN: 1-946657-10-7

"This catalogue was published with Spelman College Museum of Fine Art with generous support from the Wish Foundation, Inc., and accompanies the exhibition of the same name, on view at Spelman from January 25 to May 19, 2018. It is edited by Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, PhD, director of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, and features contributions by Kirsten Pai Buick, PhD; Erin J. Gilbert; Beverly Guy-Sheftall, PhD; Antwaun Sargent; an ..."



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