Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were at the forefront of national and international movements for social change, weaving connections between their own and others' freedom struggles around the world.



Without Fear tells how, during American history, Black women made human rights theirs: from worldwide travel and public advocacy in the...