Black Women Activist-Intellectuals in Higher Education: Challenging Systems and Creating Change

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Author(s): Keilah A. Jacques (University of North Texas at Dallas, USA)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 26
Source title: Empowering Women in Academia: Improving Methods, Practices, and Approaches for Change and Transformation (IMPACT)
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lolita L. Kincade (SUNY Plattsburgh, USA), Alicia Brossette (University of North Texas at Dallas, USA), Constance Lacy (University of North Texas at Dallas, USA)and Crystal Benjamin (University of North Texas at Dallas, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-8638-5.ch012

Keywords: Education / Gender and Diversity / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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Through Joy James's framework of love and rage, this chapter examines how Black women in academia transform institutional challenges into catalysts for systemic change. It analyzes how Black women activist-intellectuals leverage multiple forms of power to transform higher education institutions. Through careful examination of figures from Anna Julia Cooper to Bettina Love, this study shows how Black women scholars combine deep institutional engagement with strategic resistance to advance collective liberation. By examining how Black women navigate intersectional discrimination while creating transformative educational spaces, this study reveals how love and rage function as essential components of institutional change. This work demonstrates how Black women's activist-intellectual work continues to generate new possibilities for collective liberation within and beyond academia.

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