Florynce Kennedy Esq. – African American History Month 2019 #BlackHistoryMonth
Today we’re honoring activist, author, civil rights advocate, feminist and lawyer Florynce Kennedy. Just one glimpse at the main photo on Florynce Kennedy’s Wikipedia page is enough to inspire a deep dive into learning as much about Florynce Kennedy as possible.
Here’s a short list of some of our initial finds:
- The Lasting Legacy of Florynce Kennedy, Black Feminist Fighter from Solidarity
- Florynce Kennedy Is an Intersectional Feminist Hero Worth Honoring During Black History Month from Vice
- Flo Kennedy, Feminist, Civil Rights Advocate and Flamboyant Gadfly, Is Dead at 84 from The New York Times
- The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq. from Ms. Magazine Blog
From Ms. Magazine Blog:
By the time I met her in 1969, she had become well known as a founder of the National Organization for Women–though, characteristically, she had left to form other feminist groups when NOW’s rough early days were over and the going got too tame. Because we both wanted to emphasize racism and sexism as parallel problems of caste, we ended up speaking together in what Flo referred to as our “Topsy and Little Eva” team. Several times each month, we would go off to campuses and communities in Texas or Michigan or Oregon, with Flo describing herself as “tired and middle-aged” as I tried to keep up with her energetic, nonstop, and generous-hearted pace.