Lifting As They Climbed - Essence McDowell - Bog

An essential guidebook to influential Black women from ChicagoâEUR(TM)s South and West Sides, and their social, cultural, and artistic contributions to movements both past and present. Geographically, historically, and politically, Lifting As They Climbed gives readers an in-depth understanding of the numerous Black women, from the nineteenth century to today, who empower(ed) their neighborhoods and communities. Structured as five self-guided tours, with crisp maps and accessible narratives, Lifting As They Climbed showcases seventy-eight womenâEUR"activists, artists, musicians, and moreâEUR"through sites and landmarks on ChicagoâEUR(TM)s South and West Sides. Including Margaret Burroughs, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mahalia Jackson, and many others, this updated and extended edition is a testament to women whose stories have gone largely untold, and whose lives reveal powerful connections between their endeavors and present-day struggles for radical community-building and solidarity. With no âEURœofficialâEUR? landmarks to preserve the history of their social justice efforts, this book is an intervention against their erasure.