Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks - Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Harvard University Press. 1994
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Between 1880 and 1920, the black church served as the most effective vehicle by which men and women alike, pushed down by racism and poverty, regrouped and rallied against emotional and physical defeat. Focusing on the National Baptist Convention, the largest religious movement among black Americans, Higginbotham shows us how women were largely responsible for making the church a force for self-help in the black community. In her account, we see how the efforts of women enabled the church to build schools, provide food and clothing to the poor, and offer a host of social welfare services. More...

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African American Studies, Chair, Department African and African American Studies Professor Higginbotham earned a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in American History, an M.A. from Howard University, and her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Before coming to Harvard, she taught on the full-time faculties of Dartmouth, the University of Maryland, and the University of Pennsylvania.  In addition, she has served as a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, New York University, and Duke University.   Read more...