The National Alliance of Black Feminists: A His. Nachescu, Nachescu, Paperback**

University of Illinois Press

The National Alliance of Black FeministsA History\nAuthor(s): Ileana Nachescu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252088674, 978-0252088674\nSynopsis\nFounded in 1975, the non-partisan National Alliance of Black Feminists (NABF) played a critical role in the Black womens liberation movement and the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. The Chicago-based organizations Black humanist feminism powered a singular dedication to building coalitions while influencing its historic set of comprehensive political, economic, and cultural demands. Ileana Nachescu places the NABFs history as the bridge between Black womens social activism in the 1970s and the intellectual activism of the 1980s. Her account details the NABFs work and how it reflected the groups strong humanist belief in the transformation of all human beings. Nachescu also shows that the NABFs post-Eighties erasure from movement histories .