CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER 1

The Ridleys: Growing Up in Georgia

CHAPTER 2

Finding Her Voice: Moving “Up South”

CHAPTER 3

Childcare, Community Care: Activism in New York City

CHAPTER 4

“Sisters Under the Skin”: Taking the Stage in the Women’s Movement

CHAPTER 5

“Racism with Roses”: Miss New York City and the Transition to Harlem

CHAPTER 6

Whose Empowerment?: Black Women’s Business and the Politics of Gentrification

EPILOGUE

Home Again

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Image Credits

Index