Without Fear, Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
Black Women and the Making of Human Rights
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The book is about how Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable and were at the forefront of movements for social change, connecting their own and others’ freedom struggles around the world.
It tells how Black women made human rights theirs through worldwide travel and public advocacy in the global Black press to their work for the United Nations, they courageously and effectively moved human rights beyond an esoteric concept to an active, organizing principle.
It captures human rights thinking and activism from the ground up with Black women at the center, working outside the traditional halls of power.
It is an account of their aspirations, strategies, and struggles to pioneer a human rights approach to combating systems of injustice.
It tells how Black women made human rights theirs through worldwide travel and public advocacy in the global Black press to their work for the United Nations, they courageously and effectively moved human rights beyond an esoteric concept to an active, organizing principle.
It captures human rights thinking and activism from the ground up with Black women at the center, working outside the traditional halls of power.
It is an account of their aspirations, strategies, and struggles to pioneer a human rights approach to combating systems of injustice.
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The main subject of the episode is this book written by Keisha N. Blaine.
Keisha N. Blain, "Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
