The Global History of Black Girlhood

"An indispensable volume highlighting the histories of Black girls and girlhood." --Ms. Magazine "The essays collected in The Global History of Black Girlhood are groundbreaking, delivering history lessons with present-day implications." --Foreword Reviews "What we now have is a book that interrogates how we find black girls, focusing on sources, epistemology, and scholarship. The editors have created a volume that expresses the full spectrum of black girl humanity--the repression and oppression with the joy and moments of pleasure. A foundational anthology in an emerging field."--FranÇoise N. Hamlin, author of Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta after World War II