2015/01/01 by Michael Simanga · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Race, History, and American Society
paper · doi:10.1057/9781137080653_8
openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
W omen have always played a major role in the Black Liberation Movement, its organizations, strategies, ideological development, campaigns and successes. Too often, as in other institutions within the African American community like the black church or educational institutions, women are frequently seen as mostly responsible for the day to day functioning and organizing of the institution while men are typically viewed (internally and externally) as the publicly known leadership. This consistent feature of black institutions has also been the cause for debate, struggle, and change. Despite revolutionary ideas, programs, and practices, CAP had developed and accepted an organizational model that was similar in structure and practice to those other institutions in the community. However, several factors contributed to the internal challenge to that model and the eventual transformation of organizational and individual ideas and practices.