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Left of Black:
Michelle Obama Lifts the Veil on Black Womanhood
by Mark Anthony Neal
We are in a historical moment in which black women are regularly celebrated and lauded for a number of achievements in politics. Notably, there is the career of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Donna Brazile, who directed Vice-President Gore’s Presidential campaign in 2000 and continues a leadership role within the Democratic Party; the case of Susan E. Rice, who was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Clinton Administration and is currently a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama campaign; and the stellar example of the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who was the first black women elected to congress from Ohio.
While many of these women serve as wonderful inspirations to a nation of many, rarely do their political perches allow for a greater understanding of the lives lived by black women.
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Left of Black:
Michelle Obama Lifts the Veil on Black Womanhood
by Mark Anthony Neal
We are in a historical moment in which black women are regularly celebrated and lauded for a number of achievements in politics. Notably, there is the career of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Donna Brazile, who directed Vice-President Gore’s Presidential campaign in 2000 and continues a leadership role within the Democratic Party; the case of Susan E. Rice, who was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Clinton Administration and is currently a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama campaign; and the stellar example of the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who was the first black women elected to congress from Ohio.
While many of these women serve as wonderful inspirations to a nation of many, rarely do their political perches allow for a greater understanding of the lives lived by black women.
Read the Full Essay @
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