Book
For colored girls who have considered politics
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Physical Description
xx, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Consider Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years--Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore--a group of women who call themselves The Colored Girls. Like many people who have spent their careers in public service, they view their lives in four-year waves where presidential campaigns and elections have been common threads. For most of the Colored Girls, their story starts with Jesse Jackson's first campaign for president. From there, they went on to work on the presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Over the years, they've filled many roles: in the corporate world, on campaigns, in unions, in churches, in their own businesses and in the White House. Through all of this, they've worked with those who have shaped our country's history--US Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, well-known political figures such as Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean, and legendary activists and historical figures such as Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz. For Colored Girls Who Consider Politics is filled with personal stories that bring to life heroic figures we all know and introduce us to some of those who've worked behind the scenes but are still hidden. Whatever their perch, the Colored Girls are always focused on the larger goal of 'hurrying history' so that every American--regardless of race, gender or religious background--can have a seat at the table. This is their story"--
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- A call to serve
- Brooklyn, 1980: before Black lives mattered
- Jackson '84
- Ron Brown
- Icons
- Jackson '88: democratizing the democracy
- We are the colored girls, and we shall not be moved
- Clinton '92
- The bank of justice: giving back after you've been given so much
- Clinton/Gore '96
- Lunch with the colored girls
- Stepping forward
- The troubles
- Hurricanes and heartbreak, 2005-2006
- The room where it happens
- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the colored girls
- Real power whispers: Dr. Dorothy Irene Height
- Love extravagantly
- Homegoings
- Shoulders
- November 8, 2016
- The colored girls bringing U.S. together
- Alabama, godd*m
- Broken friendships and healing spaces
- Dear sister candidate.