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Tables of Contents for The Truth That Never Hurts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
 
Introduction
xi
 
A Note on Citations
xvii
 
I. Toward a Black Feminist Criticism
Toward a Black Feminist Criticism
3
19
The Souls of Black Women
22
5
Sexual Politics and the Fiction of Zora Neale Hurston
27
12
Naming the Unnameable: The Poetry of Pat Parker
39
5
The Truth That Never Hurts: Black Lesbians in Fiction in the 1980s
44
31
We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice: A Tribute to James Baldwin
75
6
African American Lesbian and Gay History: An Exploration
81
14
II. Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Racism and Women's Studies
95
4
The Tip of the Iceberg
99
3
The Rodney King Verdict
102
4
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Reflections on the Hill-Thomas Hearings
106
5
Homophobia: Why Bring It Up?
111
5
The NEA Is The Least of It
116
8
Blacks and Gays: Healing the Great Divide
124
8
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Relationships between Black and Jewish Women
132
25
III. Working for Liberation and Having a Damn Good Time
Chicago Firsthand: A Distortion of Reality
157
4
Working for Liberation and Having a Damn Good Time
161
6
Doing It from Scratch: The Challenge of Black Lesbian Organizing
167
11
Where's the Revolution?
178
7
Where's the Revolution? Part II
185
6
IV. A Rose
A Rose
191
20
Organizations to Contact
211
4
Selected Bibliography
215