The Portable Anna Julia Cooper

by Shirley Moody-Turner, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Narrated by Karen Murray, Dominic Hoffman, Shirley Moody-Turner

Overview

A collection of essential writings from the iconic foremother of Black women's intellectual history, feminism, and activism, who helped pave the way for modern social justice movements like Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name

A Penguin Classic

The Portable Anna Julia Cooper brings together, for the first time, Anna Julia Cooper's major collection of essays, A Voice from the South, along with several previously unpublished poems, plays, journalism and selected correspondences, including over thirty previously unpublished letters between Anna Julia Cooper and W. E. B. Du Bois. The Portable Anna Julia Cooper will introduce a new generation of readers to an educator, public intellectual, and community activist whose prescient insights and eloquent prose underlie some of the most important developments in modern American intellectual thought and African American social and political activism.

Recognized as the iconic foremother of Black women's intellectual history and activism, Cooper (1858-1964) penned one of the most forceful and enduring statements of Black feminist thought to come of out of the nineteenth century. Attention to her work has grown exponentially over the years--her words have been memorialized in the US passport and, in 2009, she was commemorated with a US postal stamp. Cooper's writings on the centrality of Black girls and women to our larger national discourse has proved especially prescient in this moment of Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name, and the recent protests that have shaken the nation.


* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF which contains the Chronology and Suggestions for Further Reading from the book.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2023 - AudioFile

Anna Julia Cooper was, in her day (1858-1964), an educator and a civil rights advocate of some fame. This rather academic audiobook collection of her writing is aimed at restoring some recognition for her, at least among scholars. Although some of Cooper’s essays originated as speeches, Karen Murray keeps their tone cool and reasonable, downplaying their occasional rhetorical flourishes in favor of clarity. Since Cooper’s lifetime was not an era of rapid progress in Black and women’s rights, many of the ideas and arguments are repeated. Dominic Hoffman presents the series introduction nicely; Shirley Moody-Turner’s introduction to Cooper’s life and work is slightly less polished. As academic as it is, this is a worthy introduction to an important Black public intellectual. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2023 - AudioFile

Anna Julia Cooper was, in her day (1858-1964), an educator and a civil rights advocate of some fame. This rather academic audiobook collection of her writing is aimed at restoring some recognition for her, at least among scholars. Although some of Cooper’s essays originated as speeches, Karen Murray keeps their tone cool and reasonable, downplaying their occasional rhetorical flourishes in favor of clarity. Since Cooper’s lifetime was not an era of rapid progress in Black and women’s rights, many of the ideas and arguments are repeated. Dominic Hoffman presents the series introduction nicely; Shirley Moody-Turner’s introduction to Cooper’s life and work is slightly less polished. As academic as it is, this is a worthy introduction to an important Black public intellectual. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176076097
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/09/2022
Edition description:	Unabridged

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