Lifting As They Climbed
A Mapped History of Chicago's Black Women Trailblazers
$48.45
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2023
Summary
An essential guidebook to influential Black women from Chicago’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 a self-guided walking tour, with crisp maps and accessible …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642599015 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1642599018 |
| Author: | Mariame Kaba, Essence McDowell |
| Publisher: | Haymarket Books |
| Imprint: | Haymarket Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 10g |
| Dimensions: | 139mm x 215mm |
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Critics Review
“A journey through the pages of Lifting as they Climbed and you will never walk Chicago’s Southside streets again without remembering the amazing Black women that lived, worked, struggled, taught and worshiped there. Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell conjure up Black women’s history as lived experience on the streets of Chicago in this book. It is a tribute, a loving reclamation of memory, and a precious family album, all in one.” -Barbara Ransby, historian, author, activist
Mariame Kaba
Mariame Kaba is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration, the author of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us as well as the children’s books Missing Daddy and See You Soon, and the recipient of the Cultural Freedom Prize from the Lannan Foundation.
Essence McDowell has worked with numerous national and local entities including Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, Incite National, the Chicago Public Library, and Chicago Teachers Union, and is currently collaborating with organizers in Chicago to develop a resource hub for a national Black Women’s Organizing Coalition.
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