Kalenda C. Eaton is an Assistant Professor of English and Ethnic Studies in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Preface: 'Lifewriting' 1. 'Let Me Know When You Get Through': The Afro-Politico Womanist Agenda 2. Look Before You Leap: Reading Black Nationalist Rhetoric and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon 3. 'Tomorrow the People Would Come': The Crisis of the Black Middle Class in Alice Walker’s Meridian 4. 'Ain’t No Such Animal as an Instant Guerilla': Composing Self and Community in Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters 5. 'Something That’s Been Up Has to Come Down': Global Black Consciousness in Paule Marshall’s The Chosen Place, The Timeless People. Conclusion

Kalenda C. Eaton is an Assistant Professor of English and Ethnic Studies in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Preface: 'Lifewriting' 1. 'Let Me Know When You Get Through': The Afro-Politico Womanist Agenda 2. Look Before You Leap: Reading Black Nationalist Rhetoric and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon 3. 'Tomorrow the People Would Come': The Crisis of the Black Middle Class in Alice Walker’s Meridian 4. 'Ain’t No Such Animal as an Instant Guerilla': Composing Self and Community in Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters 5. 'Something That’s Been Up Has to Come Down': Global Black Consciousness in Paule Marshall’s The Chosen Place, The Timeless People. Conclusion

Kalenda C. Eaton is an Assistant Professor of English and Ethnic Studies in the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Preface: 'Lifewriting' 1. 'Let Me Know When You Get Through': The Afro-Politico Womanist Agenda 2. Look Before You Leap: Reading Black Nationalist Rhetoric and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon 3. 'Tomorrow the People Would Come': The Crisis of the Black Middle Class in Alice Walker’s Meridian 4. 'Ain’t No Such Animal as an Instant Guerilla': Composing Self and Community in Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters 5. 'Something That’s Been Up Has to Come Down': Global Black Consciousness in Paule Marshall’s The Chosen Place, The Timeless People. Conclusion