A Voice from the South

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>A Voice from the South</em> (1892)</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> by </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anna Julia Cooper</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a collection of essays that argues for the intellectual moral and social leadership of Black women in American society. Cooper critiques racism and sexism in education religion and public life insisting that the progress of the nation depends on recognizing the full humanity and potential of African Americans-especially women. She emphasizes higher education ethical responsibility and self-determination as essential to racial uplift making the work a foundational text of Black feminist thought.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>