To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism

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Black women undertook an energetic and unprecedented engagement with internationalism from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. In many cases, their work reflected a complex effort to merge internationalism with issues of women's rights and with feminist concerns. To Turn the Whole World Over examines these and other issues with a collection of cutting-edge essays on black women's internationalism in this pivotal era and beyond. Analyzing the contours of gender within black internationalism, scholars examine the range and complexity of black women's global engagements. At the same time, they focus on these women's remarkable experiences in shaping internationalist movements and dialogues. The essays explore the travels and migrations of black women; the internationalist writings of women from Paris to Chicago to Spain; black women advocating for internationalism through art and performance; and the involvement of black women in politics, activism, and global freedom struggles. Contributors: Nicole Anae, Keisha N. Blain, Brandon R. Byrd, Stephanie Beck Cohen, Anne Donlon, Tiffany N. Florvil, Kim Gallon, Dayo F. Gore, Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, Grace V. Leslie, Michael O. West, and Julia Erin Wood Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction: Black Women and the Complexities of Internationalism / Keisha N. Blain and Tiffany M. Part I: Travel and Migrations 1. “We Are Negroes!” The Haitian Zambo, Racial Spectacle, and the Performance of Black Women’s Internationalism, 1863-1877 2. Feminist Networks and Diasporic Practices: Eslanda Robeson’s Travels in Africa 3. Black Women’s Internationalism and the Chicago Defender during the “Golden Age of Haitian Tourism” 4. “Distant Ties”: May Ayim’s Transnational Solidarity and Activism Part II: Creating Black Internationalism 5. Thyra Edwards’s Spanish Civil War Scrapbook: Black Women’s Internationalist Writing 6. “They Will All Be My Color”: Nina Mae McKinney and Black Internationalism in 1930s Australia 7. Stitched Networks: Liberian Quilters, Transatlantic Diplomacy, and Community Part III: Political Activism and Global Freedom Struggles 8. “Confraternity Among All Dark Races”: Mittie Maude Lena Gordon and the Practice of Black (Inter)nationalism in Chicago, 1932-1942 9. “United, We Build a Free World”: The Internationalism of Mary McLeod Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women 10. “What That Meant to Me”: SNCC Women, the 1964 Guinea Trip, and Black Internationalism 11. “A Common Rallying Call”: Vicki Garvin in China and the Making of US Third World Solidarity Politics Afterword: Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea Contributors Index