The politics of Black feminist thought -- Distinguishing features of Black feminist thought -- Work, family, and Black women's oppression -- Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images -- The power of self-definition -- The sexual politics of black womanhood -- Black women's love relationships -- Black women and motherhood -- Rethinking Black women's activism -- U.S. Black feminism in transnational context -- Black feminist epistemology -- Toward a politics of empowerment.