I first met bell hooks in the late 1980s at a feminist conference where I, and a slew of other graduate students, slept on the floor of her hotel suite because the meeting was overbooked. For the next ...

The documentary features words from the late Kentucky author, read by Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer and commentary from hooks' sister. Kentucky Educational Television (KET) has produced and released ...

Scholars, journalists and political leaders in the Black community will come together to celebrate the life and legacy of bells hooks during the second annual bells hooks Symposium on Sept. 30 at 1 ...

In her nearly 70 years of life, bell hooks never gave birth but she did have many children. The author, professor, and speaker mothered multiple generations of thinkers, writers, and feminists who ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few thinkers spoke to the interior life of Black America with the clarity, compassion, and insistence of bell hooks. Her work never asked readers to perform enlightenment. It asked ...

BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) — Berea College will host the inaugural bell hooks day from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, September 21. The late bell hooks, who was a feminist scholar and former Distinguished ...

bell hooks is an irreplaceable voice in discussions on feminism, self-love, healing, and gender and race equality. Her writings have transformed the way many approach some of the most challenging or ...

Press Play with Madeleine Brand bell hooks: Mainstream feminism excluded a lot of people The late feminist bell hooks pushed feminism beyond white, middle-class concerns to include poor women of color ...