{"product_id":"with-her-fist-raised-dorothy-pitman-hughes-and-the-transformative-power-of-black-community-activism-9780807014790","title":"With Her Fist Raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the Transformative Power of Black Community Activism","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women's movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDorothy Pitman Hughes was a transformative community organizer in New York City in the 1970s who shared the stage with Gloria Steinem for 5 years, captivating audiences around the country. After leaving rural Georgia in the 1950s, she moved to New York, determined to fight for civil rights and equality. Historian Laura L. Lovett traces Hughes's journey as she became a powerhouse activist, responding to the needs of her community and building a platform for its empowerment. She created lasting change by revitalizing her West Side neighborhood, which was subjected to racial discrimination, with nonexistent childcare and substandard housing, where poverty, drug use, a lack of job training, and the effects of the Vietnam War were evident. Hughes created a high-quality childcare center that also offered job training, adult education classes, a Youth Action corps, housing assistance, and food resources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHughes's realization that her neighborhood could be revitalized by actively engaging and including the community was prescient and is startlingly relevant. As her stature grew to a national level, Hughes spent several years traversing the country with Steinem and educating people about feminism, childcare, and race. She moved to Harlem in the 1970s to counter gentrification and bought the franchise to the Miss Greater New York City pageant to demonstrate that Black was beautiful. She also opened an office supply store and became a powerful voice for Black women entrepreneurs and Black-owned businesses. Throughout every phase of her life, Hughes understood the transformative power of activism for Black communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith expert research, which includes Hughes's own accounts of her life, \u003ci\u003eWith Her Fist Raised\u003c\/i\u003e is the necessary biography of a pivotal figure in women's history and Black feminism whose story will finally be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12413283\"\u003eLaura L. Lovett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807014790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807014796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO032000\"\u003eSocial Activists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002010\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura L. Lovett\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, and specializes in 20th century US women's history and the history of children's youth. Lovett is the author of \u003ci\u003eConceiving the Future: Pronatalism, Reproduction, and the Family in the United States, 1890-1930\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of several books including \u003ci\u003e\"It's Our Movement Now\" Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous honors and was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50819324707113,"sku":"9780807014790","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_b848b39e-ef03-4d1f-bc61-2a673bdac503.jpg?v=1755629666","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/with-her-fist-raised-dorothy-pitman-hughes-and-the-transformative-power-of-black-community-activism-9780807014790","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}