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by Clenora Hudson (Weems) (Author)
Elevating Humanity via Africana Womanism is a short and powerful book, advocating unity/collectivity as a panacea for all societal ills.
Author Biography
Clenora Hudson (Weems) is a Professor, Theorist, Film Writer, and an Honored Listee in Marquis Who's Who 2024. She is the author of six books on Africana Women and 4 on Emmett Till, having established him as catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement in her 1988 dissertation. She is editor of Africana-Melanated Womanism: In It Together(2002); Africana Paradigms, Practices & Literary Texts: Evoking Social Justice (2021); Physical and Intellectual Lynchings: An Emmett Till Continuum (2007); and Contemporary Africana Theory, Thought & Action: A Guide to Africana Studies (2007). She is the recipient of the Ford and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships and, with her co-author, the 1998 Toni Morrison Society National Book Award. She was an Ida Beam Distinguished V. Professor, U of Iowa, AAS, delivering the Keynote Address "Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison as Model Africana Womanist Artivist for Social Justice" for its 50th Anniversary.
