A young woman, having come upon her neighbor, known as "Mad Annie" lying in a gutter seconds from death one rainy evening, becomes obsessed with proving Annie was murdered.
Offers an account of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses that existed in the history, art, and imagination of ancient times, particularly in Ethiopia and Egypt.
The author's grandmother, mother, and sister tell of their lives under apartheid in South Africa and their struggles to cope with abuse, gambling, drunkenness, and infidelity from the men they love who consider them nothing more than property.
Details the history of African American women in the civil rights and abolitionist movements from the 19th century to the present day. Includes information on such figures as Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Marian Wright Edelman and Maxine Waters.
