Black womanist ethics (American Academy of Religion academy series)

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This study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American womens community. Beginning with a reconstructive history of the Afro-American womans situation in America Katie G. Cannon goes on to trace the emergence of the Black womans literary tradition and explain its importance in expressing the moral wisdom of Black women. The life and work of Zora Neale Hurston are examined in detail for her unique contributions to the moral tradition of the Afro-American woman. A final chapter initiates a promising exchange between the works of Hurston and those of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King Jr.