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I Still Believe Anita Hill: Three Generations Discuss the Legacy of Speaking the Truth to Power
Author(s): Amy Richards (Author), Cynthia Greenberg (Author)
- Publisher: THE FEMINIST PRESS
- Publication Date: 26 Sept. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 1558618090
- ISBN-13: 9781558618091
Book Description
In 1991, Anita Hill captured the world’s attention when she testified about being sexually harrassed by Clarence Thomas, who had been her boss and was about to ascend to the Supreme Court. In court, Hill was challenged, disbelieved and humiliated whilst C
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This powerful book preserves the essays and conversations from the October 2011 conference organized at Hunter College for the 20th anniversary of Anita Hill’s testimony at Clarence Thomas’s Senate confirmation hearings. The eloquent results explore the hearings themselvesin which Hill charged that Supreme Court nominee Thomas had sexually harassed heras well as their impact on the legal, social, and cultural landscape, and the lives of the authors…. The essays are by turns personal and analytical, but all are moving and engrossing… These timely essays show us how those historic hearings brought sexual harassment (especially in the workplace) into the public eye, while also revealing what still hasn’t changed, and reminding us of the intersection of race, class, gender, and power that underlies this contentious issue.” Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Amy Richards is most popularly known as the co-author of Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future and as the voice behind Ask Amy, the online advice column she has run since 1995. She is also the author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself and the co-author of Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism. In addition to her writing and consulting, Amy spends most of her days running the foremost feminist lecture agency, Soapbox Inc: Speakers Who Speak Out.
Cynthia Greenberg, a former community organizer, works as a consultant to social justice, human rights, and arts organizations. She organized the Sex, Power and Speaking Truth: Anita Hill 20 Years Later conference.
