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Volume 22, Issue 8 (2021) The Practice and Legacy of a Black Lesbian Feminist: Selections from the Archive of Dr. Angela Bowen (1936-2018)

Editors Introductions

Editors’ Introduction—Doing her Work
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod

Photo: Angela Bowen, Clark University
John Ferrarone

July 22, 2018 New York Times obituary
Neil Genzlinger

Video trailer for The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen
Jennifer Abod

Note on the Authors

Note on the Authors
Eve Oishi, Jennifer Abod, and Holly A. Smith

Witnesses to Inspiration

Witnesses to Inspiration
Eve Oishi, Holly A. Smith, Jennifer Abod, Lore/tta LeMaster, and M. Jacqui Alexander

“We Must Witness One Another”
Eve Oishi

Black Women’s Lives in the Archives: Angela Bowen’s Ancestral Legacy
Holly Smith

Not for Herself Alone
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Bowen and Abod at Boston Gay Pride
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Jennifer and Angela, 1980s, Cambridge, MA
Marilyn Humphries

Lore/tta LeMaster: "Push the Line"
Lore/tta LeMaster

Praise Song for Angela Bowen
M. Jacqui Alexander

Artistic Expression

Artistic Expression
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod

1950s short story: The Melody Lingers On by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1983 Excerpt from play Folded Dreams by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Short story: “History Lesson-1954” from Out of the Blue: Aleta’s Stories
Angela Bowen

Photo: Angela Bowen performing Swan Lake 1956

Photo of Angela Bowen, 1955 Roxbury High School Year Book

Photo: Angela Bowen and Ken Peters wedding 1960

Photo: Angela Bowen with Angela's sisters: Alphena, Lydia, and Catherine
Jennifer Abod

Poster for reading at UMass Boston with Kate Rushin, Sharon Howell, and Nancy Hughes
Brendal L. Haywood

Photo: Angela Bowen reads at cultural event for Sojourner newspaper
Jennifer Abod

Book Flyer Poster of Out of the Blue: Aleta’s Stories
Virgina Blaisdell

Photo: Angela Bowen Signing Her Book Out of the Blue: Aleta’s Storie
Jennifer Abod

Arts as Community and Civil Rights

Arts as Community and Civil Rights
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod

“Dance, with Class” newspaper article on Bowen-Peters
Janet Koch

1973 New Haven Register article “Bowen-Peters Carry the Message”
Marshar Cochran

Photo: Angela Bowen with husband Ken Peters and Bowen Peters drummers

Review of Color Purple for Gay Community News (Dec 1985-Jan 1986)
Angela Bowen

1985 news clipping about Sojourner benefit
Linda Haas

1988 Introductory Speech by Angela Bowen for Kate Rushin receiving the Grolier Poetry Prize
Angela Bowen

Letter of Remembrance to the chapters of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, Executive Editor Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Photo: National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays co-chairs Bowen and A. Billy Jones
Jennifer Abod

Speaking Out: Feminism/LGBTQ Writings and Speeches

Speaking Out: Feminism/ LGBTQ Writings and Speeches
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod

Take Your Pageant and Shove It by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1985 Speech “The Need to Refight Stonewall” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1986 Black/Out essay “Coming Out” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1990 pamphlet “Children in our Lives: Another View of Lesbians Choosing Children” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2002 conference talk “Calling the Question; Is Womanism Feminism?” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2002 essay “The Seduction of Lesbian Marriage: What’s a Radical Lesbian to do?” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen and Jennifer Abod

2005 Plenary/Clark reunion talk on Womanism and Black Feminism by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Audio file: 1988 radio profile of Audre Lorde by Jennifer Abod
Jennifer Abod

1988 speech “Children in our Lives: Another View of Lesbians Choosing Children” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Audio: 1988 audio clip from People Are Talking Collection of J. Abod
Jennifer Abod

1988 Video clip: 1988 Black Entertainment Television with Angela Bowen, Barbara Smith and Essex Hemphill

1989 Radio interview with Angela Bowen for Boston’s Other Voices

Video clip: 1992 Speech by Angela Bowen at Goddard College
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Angela Bowen at Gay Pride Event 1987 by J. Abod
Jennifer Abod

Photo: 1985 speech on Boston Common by Angela Bowen, “The Need to Refight Stonewall” Collection of J. Abod
Angela Bowen

Photo: Angela Bowen With J. Abod at Gay Pride 1985 (on the occasion of a speech on Boston Common) Collection of J. Abod

1988 Article on Women in Politics Presidential Forum by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1990 Article about Angela Bowen's Black Entertainment Television appearance
Mark Sullivan

Photo: Angela Bowen receiving B.A. from U Mass Boston 1992. Collection of J. Abod

Photo: Angela Bowen in front of Free Mandela graffiti on a college campus
Jennifer Abod

Photo: E. Frances White, Evelyn Hammonds, Angela Bowen, Cheryl Clark and Cathy Cohen Photo by J. Abod
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Angela Bowen's Family, Ntombi Peters, Jomo Peters and Jennifer Abod. Collection of J. Abod.
Lisa Hartouni

Calling the Question: Is Womanism Feminism? by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Intersectional and Global Perspectives

Intersectional and Global Perspectives
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Bowen

1987 Angela Bowen Talk by Angela Bowen 'What Radical Feminism Means' at Brandeis University
Angela Bowen

1989 Charles Stuart/I have a dream speech by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1990 Letter to Black church leaders about annual Day of Remembrance for Black Gay Men and Lesbians
Angela Bowen

1993 Letter to Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr. of CBS by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1993 Hampshire College Talk: 'Black Lesbians and Reproductive Rights Movement' by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1997 Keynote address at MiRA Resource Centre for Black, Immigrant and Refugee Women in Oslo, Norway: “Is Racism a Women's Issue? What Black U.S. Feminism Has to Share with 'Progressive' Norway” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Audre Lorde letter to Angela Bowen collection of J. Abod
Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde's signed draft "Women on Trains" poem to Angela Bowen and M. Jacqui Alexander
Audre Lorde

Published Poem: 1993 Audre Lorde, “Women on Trains”
Audre Lorde

Video clip: 1985 interview with Angela Bowen after United Nations World Conference on Women in Nairobi
Jennifer Abod

Review of Look Me in the Eye: Old Women, Aging and Ageism by Barbara McDonald with Cynthia Rich in Equal Times Dec. 18, 1983
Angela Bowen

Photo: 1985 interview with Angela Bowen after the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Organizers and participants at Simon Nkoli conference 1989
Jennifer Abod

1989 National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays Five Year Plan article By Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Photo: Angela Bowen and members of National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Angela Bowen and J. Abod at Audre Lorde conference in Italy 2006 Collection of J. Abod
Jennifer Abod

Women's Studies and Interdisciplinarity

Women’s Studies and Interdisciplinarity
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Abod

1997 Article: “Enabling a Visible Black Lesbian Presence in Academia: A Radically Reasonable Request” by Angel Bowen
Angela Bowen

1992/1997 National Women's Studies Association Talk by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1998 National Women's Studies Association Talk: “The Promise and Limitations of Inclusion in Women’s Studies for Women of Color” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2000 National Women's Studies Association Talk: “Challenges: Women of Color within Women’s Studies and LesbiGayTrans Studies” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2001 Article in Feminist Teacher “Interdisciplinarily Speaking” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

1984 Article about SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women in Soujourner: The Women’s Forum by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Photo: Angela Bowen on the cover of Clark University newspaper, Collection of J. Abod
John Ferrarone

Angela Bowen with Clark Professor Cynthia Enloe and fellow Graduate student Elizabeth Hadley
Jennifer Abod

1996 Photo of Angela Bowen receiving her PhD from Clark University
Jennifer Abod

2006 Flyer for Black Women in America course developed by Angela Bowen at California State University Long Beach
Angela Bowen

Flyer for Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance course developed by Angela Bowen at California State University
Angela Bowen

Photo: Angela Bowen with California State University students Erica Miller, unknown, Mae Henderson
Jennifer Abod

Photo: Bowen with California State Long Beach colleague Eve Oishi
Jennifer Abod

Audre Lorde: Influence, Sisterhood, Legacy

Audre Lorde: Influence, Sisterhood, Legacy
Eve Oishi and Jennifer Bowen

1996 Letter from Angela Bowen to the Chronicle of Higher Education
Angela Bowen

Academic interests and goals for Clark University by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2003 Meridians Journal article “Diving into Audre Lorde’s ‘Blackstudies’” by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Poem: 1974 Audre Lorde “Blackstudies”
Audre Lorde

Audio clip: WGBH-FM:1988 radio profile: Radio of Audre Lorde produced by J. Abod
Jennifer Abod

Video clip: 1990 Angela Bowen and Audre Lorde at I Am Your Sister Conference: Forging Global Connections Across Difference
Jennifer Abod

1990 I Am Your Sister Conference fundraising letter by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Sister, Friend, Warrior: Honoring Audre Lorde by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

2002 Letter to Adrienne Rich about her entry into a planned anthology about Audre Lorde by Angela Bowen
Angela Bowen

Photo: Audre Lorde and Angela Bowen at 1990 I Am Your Sister Conference
jean weisinger

Photo: Audre Lorde, Nancy Hughes and Angela Bowen
Jennifer Abod

JIWS Executive Staff

Executive Editors: Diana Fox, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Special Issue Editors: Eve Oishi Claremont Graduate University; Jennifer Abod American Jewish Lesbian Feminist, Filmmaker, Professor, Radio Host and Poet; Holly A. Smith Spelman College
Web Editor: Xiaocan Lucy Wang, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Editorial Assistant: Carley Taylor, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA