Keisha Blain Book Talk - “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights”
Keisha Blain Book Talk- “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights”Human Rights Book Talk
Join us for a conversation with acclaimed historian and Brown University Professor Keisha N. Blain on her new book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights. The conversation will be moderated by Kim Janey, the former Mayor of Boston and CEO of Economic Mobility Pathways.
About the Book:
Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were at the forefront of national and international movements for social change, weaving connections between their own and others’ freedom struggles around the world.
Without Fear tells how, during American history, Black women made humans rights theirs: from worldwide travel and public advocacy in the global Black press to their work for the United Nations, they courageously and effectively moved human rights beyond an esoteric concept to an active, organizing principle. Acclaimed historian Keisha N. Blain tells the story of these women—from the well-known, like Ida B. Wells, Madam C. J. Walker, and Lena Horne, to those who are still less known, including Pearl Sherrod, Aretha McKinley, and Marguerite Cartwright. Blain captures human rights thinking and activism from the ground up with Black women at the center, working outside the traditional halls of power.
By shouldering intersecting forms of oppression—including racism, sexism, and classism—Black women have long been in a unique position to fight for freedom and dignity. Without Fear is an account of their aspirations, strategies, and struggles to pioneer a human rights approach to combating systems of injustice.
About the Author:
Keisha N. Blain is professor of Africana Studies and history at Brown University. She is a Guggenheim, Carnegie, and New America Fellow and a New York Times bestselling author. She has published eight books, including the multi-prize-winning book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (2018); and the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America (2021). Her latest book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights (W.W. Norton, 2025), offers a sweeping history of human rights framed by the work and ideas of Black women in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present.
About the Moderator:
Kim Michelle Janey made history when she was sworn in as Boston’s first woman and first Black mayor, successfully leading the city through a multitude of unprecedented challenges, including the COVID-19 global pandemic. A highly respected public servant and non-profit leader, Ms. Janey has 30 years of experience in community organizing, advocacy, policy development, campaigns, and coalition building. Ms. Janey now leads Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath), a national non-profit working to help people experiencing deep poverty climb the economic ladder. Under her leadership, EMPath has emerged as a more focused, resilient, and strategically aligned organization, driving long-term impact for families experiencing poverty.
Before joining EMPath, Ms. Janey served as a Spring 2022 Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School where she designed and led a study group entitled Racial Justice and Recovery: Leading American Cities to a More Equitable Future. She also served as Inaugural Fellow at the Berry Institute of Politics at Salem State University and as a Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Most recently, Janey was named as a 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow where she and her cohort are working to advance the prosperity and well-being of children and families all across the United State Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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