Preface xi
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Harlem Born and Bred
1. From the Cradle to the Classroom in the 1930s 3
2. Growing Up on Sugar Hill in the 1940s 25
Part II: Men, Marriage, and Motherhood
3. Men and Marriage in the 1950s and 1960s 39
4. My Mother Was Perfect, or So She Said 67
5. Parental Politics: My Daughters and Me 81
Color Plates 97
Part III: Making Art, Making Waves, and Making Money
6. A European Trip Ends with a Death in the Family 131
7. The 1960s: Is There a Black Art? 143
8. The End of the 1960s: Out of the Studio and into the Streets 165
9. The 1970s: Is There a Women's Art? 173
10. Teaching Art: Those Who Can Should 217
11. We Flew over the Bridge: Performance Art, Story Quilts, and Tar Beach 237
Appendix: Matisse's Chapel 273
Faith Ringgold Chronology 275
Public and Private Collections 283
Index 285
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2/14/2025
