Kazi 88.7 Fm Book Review

What an enlightening interview I had with Dillard University graduate, Tara T. Green, author of a stunning biography of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a pioneering Black woman who actively addressed racial and gender inequalities as a writer, suffragette, educator, and activist in the late 19th and early 20th century.  She was born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was a former slave and a father of questionable identity.  Dunbar-Nelson was a graduate of Straight University in New Orleans, the forerunner of Dillard University, a Historically Black College and University.  Dr. Green first became acquainted with the work of Dunbar-Nelson as an undergraduate at Dillard University.  She is a Black feminist community-engaged scholar, mentor, and university professor.  She is also the author of See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era.   Credit for Tara T. Green’s picture goes to Toni Shaw.  Her web site is http://www.drtaratgreen.com/publications.html. Diverse Voices Book Review Social Media: