What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches

Volume two of a series of speeches and essays written by America’s most important and influential African-American women focuses here on 20th century activists. Readings include a letter that UCLA professor and self-proclaimed Communist Angela Davis wrote from prison, where she was held on a charge of being an accomplice to murder. She intelligently defends what she believes in and why, standing for her rights to a fair trial. Liner notes with speaker’s backgrounds and transcriptions included.(See also FW05537 What If I Am A Woman? Vol. 1)

Track Listing

101	Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Lynching, Our National Crime	Ruby Dee	13:26
102	Fannie Lee Chaney: Ben Is Going to Take His Big Brother's Place, 1964	Ruby Dee	04:30
103	Shirley Chisholm: It Is Time for a Change	Ruby Dee	09:10
104	Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr.: We Need to Be United	Ruby Dee	09:41
201	Angela Davis: I am A Black Revolutionary Woman, 1971	Ruby Dee	10:08
202	Coretta Scott King: The Right to a Decent Life and Human Dignity, 1971	Ruby Dee	07:54