Religion becomes a cornerstone of the Black identity in the Atlantic World.
Discuss the role black women played in the creation of the independent Black church and religion, be sure to include a discussion of the role they played in helping to shape independent Black communities in the Atlantic World. Please use only your course textbooks and the assigned readings to answer this question. 500-1000 words.
Be sure to properly cite all sources.
Text that can be used
Relevant Readings for the course
Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
—, Parable of the Talents
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
Melissa Harris-Perry, Sister Citizen: Shame., Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
—, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
—, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
—, Killing Rage: Ending Racism
—, Where We Stand: Class Matters
—, Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Sonia Sanchez, Shake Loose My Skin
Elaine Brown, A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
Issa Rae, Awkward (HBO)
The Boondocks, “The Block is Hot,” season 1, episode 14
—, “Attack of the Kung-Fu Killer Wolf Bitch,” season 2, episode 6
—, “The Story of Catcher Freeman,” season 2, episode 12
ANY album by the “a capella” singing group “Sweet Honey in the Rock”
The Crunk Feminist Collective website
For more items, please see “the Lemonade Syllabus,” online by Prof. Candice Benbow