{"product_id":"lifting-as-they-climbed-mariame-kaba-9781642599015","title":"Lifting as They Climbed: Mapping a History of Trailblazing Black Women in Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn essential guidebook to influential Black women from Chicago's South and West Sides, and their social, cultural, and artistic contributions to movements both past and present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eGeographically, historically, and politically, Lifting As They Climbed gives readers an in-depth understanding of the numerous Black women, from the nineteenth century to today, who empower(ed) their neighborhoods and communities. Structured as five self-guided tours, with crisp maps and accessible narratives, Lifting As They Climbed showcases seventy-eight women-activists, artists, musicians, and more--through sites and landmarks on Chicago's South and West Sides. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding Margaret Burroughs, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mahalia Jackson, and many others, this updated and extended edition is a testament to women whose stories have gone largely untold, and whose lives reveal powerful connections between their endeavors and present-day struggles for radical community-building and solidarity. With no \"official\" landmarks to preserve the history of their social justice efforts, this book is an intervention against their erasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariame Kaba, Essence McDowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642599018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642599015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Mariame Kaba","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132689543423,"sku":"9781642599015","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eebe6f91-f0b0-4351-8d42-8209af201ce7.jpg?v=1687481708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifting-as-they-climbed-mariame-kaba-9781642599015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}