bell hooks was one of the foremost Black feminist scholars of the 20th century. As the author and social critic and historian Imani Perry stated: " For so many people, bell hooks was their first introduction to social theory, critiques of patriarchy, white supremacy and capitalism." Born Gloria Jean Watkins, she adopted her paternal grandmother's name bell hooks. hooks published more than 30 books and appeared in a wide range of scholarly and nonacademic forums. Her work was wide-ranging and interdisciplinary including race, gender, art, history, sexuality, mass media and feminism. She taught at Stanford, Yale and City College of New York. She was a faculty member at Berea College in Kentucky at the time of her death.
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Bio
wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
essence https://www.essence.com/news/bell-hooks-obituary/
Legacy
bell hooks Center Berea College https://www.berea.edu/bhc/pride/
Talks
CSPAN https://www.c-span.org/person/?41634/bellhooks
University of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDRP2F4JXE0
Conversations
with Beverly Guy-Sheftall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5ktcC3UEk
with Gloria Steinem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkzOFvfWRn4
with Cornel West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LL0k6_pPKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjRSk4hlrtI
with Kevin Powell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoXNzyK70Bk
with Laverne Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oMmZIJijgY
Interviews
1995 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ShWJf8BIqI