A Voice from the South
One of the founding texts of Black feminist thought, this 1892 collection gathers eight essays by an educator who was born enslaved and lived to earn a doctorate from the Sorbonne. Anna Julia Cooper argues that the progress of African Americans depends on the education and dignity of Black women, whose voices she places at the moral center of the nation’s future. Writing with wit and force, she takes on white feminists who ignored race, Black men who overlooked gender, and a church that failed both. Her insistence that when and where she enters, the whole race enters with her became a rallying phrase for later generations. It remains a cornerstone of American intellectual history. Free to download as a PDF and EPUB edition.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our Raison D’être and Soprano Obligato | 4:40 | |
| 2 | Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race, Part I | 14:00 | |
| 3 | Womanhood A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race, Part II | 24:21 | |
| 4 | Womanhood A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race, Part III | 23:14 | |
| 5 | The Higher Education of Women, Part I | 14:01 | |
| 6 | The Higher Education of Women, Part II | 13:46 | |
| 7 | The Higher Education of Women, Part III | 18:52 | |
| 8 | Woman vs. the Indian, Part I | 25:15 | |
| 9 | Woman vs. the Indian, Part II | 20:26 | |
| 10 | Woman vs. the Indian, Part III | 21:23 | |
| 11 | The Status of Woman in America | 24:25 | |
| 12 | Tutti Ad Libitum and Has America a Race Problem; If So, How Can It Best Be Solved?, Part I | 20:41 | |
| 13 | Has America a Race Problem; If So, How Can It Best Be Solved?, Part II | 22:24 | |
| 14 | One Phase of American Literature, Part I | 19:34 | |
| 15 | One Phase of American Literature, Part II | 25:12 | |
| 16 | One Phase of American Literature, Part III | 21:20 | |
| 17 | One Phase of American Literature, Part IV | 12:32 | |
| 18 | What Are We Worth?, Part I | 18:11 | |
| 19 | What Are We Worth?, Part II | 26:08 | |
| 20 | What Are We Worth?, Part III | 24:51 | |
| 21 | What Are We Worth?, Part IV | 15:21 | |
| 22 | The Gain From a Belief | 27:47 |
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