Ula Taylor

Ula Taylor
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis	Black women and political activism : Amy Jacques Garvey  (1987)

Ula Yvette Taylor is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her work on African-American history and Diaspora studies.

Education and career

She earned her doctorate in American History from University of California, Santa Barbara. ^[1]

Works

Her research specializations include African American History (1890–1980), Black nationalism, pan-Africanism, Black feminist theory, African American women's history, and civil rights and Black power. She is also known for her research with original archival documents. ^[2]

Taylor's books include the coauthored Panther: A Pictorial History of the Black Panthers and the Story Behind the Film (Newmarket Press, 1995). Her second book was the biography The Veiled Garvey: The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey written and published in North Carolina by the University of North Carolina Press in August, 2002.

In 2017, she wrote The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). The book examined the theme of womanhood into African-American Muslims through an examination of the Nation of Islam from 1930 till 1975. ^[3] Written chronologically, Taylor's book follows the growth of the growth of the organization though telling the stories of several NOI Sisters and prominent leaders, including founder, Master W. D. Fard, Prophet Elijah Muhammad, and Malcolm X, among others. ^[3] This book was the topic of a book forum in a 2019 issue of the Journal of Civil and Human Rights, where five writers examined her book and Taylor provided a response to the reviews. ^[4]

Selected publications

• Van Peebles Mario; Taylor, Ula Y.; Lewis, J. Tarika (1995). Panther: a pictorial history of the Black Panthers and the story behind the film. New York: Newmarket Press. ISBN   978-1-55704-227-9.
• Taylor, Ula Y. (1998). "Making Waves: The Theory and Practice of Black Feminism" . The Black Scholar. 28 (2): 18–28. doi:10.1080/00064246.1998.11430912. ISSN   0006-4246.
• Taylor, Ula (1998). "The Historical Evolution of Black Feminist Theory and Praxis" . Journal of Black Studies. 29 (2): 234–253. doi:10.1177/002193479802900206. ISSN   0021-9347.
• Taylor, Ula Yvette (2010). The veiled Garvey: the life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN   978-0-8078-5386-3. ^[5]
• Taylor, Ula Y. (2017). The promise of patriarchy: women and the Nation of Islam. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN   978-1-4696-3392-3. ^[6]

Honors and awards

In 2018 Taylor's book, The Promise of Patriarchy, received the Liberty Legacy Foundation Award. ^[7] In 2013, she received the Distinguished Professor Teaching Award for the University of California, Berkeley. ^[1]

References

1. "Ula Y. Taylor - African American Studies". africam.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
2. Taylor, Ula (2008). "Women in the Documents: Thoughts on Uncovering the Personal, Political, and Professional" . Journal of Women's History. 20 (1): 187–196. doi:10.1353/jowh.2008.0010. ISSN   1527-2036.
3. Hicks, Jacob (2019). "The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam by Ula Yvette Taylor (review)" . Nova Religio. 23 (1): 131–132. doi:10.1525/nr.2019.23.1.131. ISSN   1541-8480.
4. Taylor, Ula Yvette (2019). "Response" . Journal of Civil and Human Rights. 5 (1): 92–94. doi:10.5406/jcivihumarigh.5.1.0092. ISSN   2378-4245. JSTOR   10.5406/jcivihumarigh.5.1.0092.
5. Reviews of The veiled Garvey
   • Tolbert, Emory Joel (2003). "Review of The Veiled Garvey: The Life & Times of Amy Jacques Garvey" . The Journal of American History. 90 (3): 1065–1066. doi:10.2307/3660984. ISSN   0021-8723. JSTOR   3660984.
   • Lee, Lester P. (2003). "Review of The Veiled Garvey: The Life & Times of Amy Jacques Garvey". History. 88 (4 (292)): 656. ISSN   0018-2648. JSTOR   24426991.
   • Martin, Tony (2003). "Review of The Veiled Garvey: The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey" . African American Review. 37 (2/3): 460–461. doi:10.2307/1512341. ISSN   1062-4783. JSTOR   1512341.
6. Reviews of The promise of patriarchy
   • Spencer, Robyn C. (2019). Taylor, Ula Yvette (ed.). "The Promise of the Nation of Islam" . Journal of Civil and Human Rights. 5 (1): 84–86. doi:10.5406/jcivihumarigh.5.1.0084. ISSN   2378-4245. JSTOR   10.5406/jcivihumarigh.5.1.0084.
   • Hicks, Jacob (2019). "Review of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam" . Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 23 (1): 131–132. doi:10.1525/nr.2019.23.1.131. ISSN   1092-6690. JSTOR   26860848.
   • Wheeler, Kayla (2018). "Review of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam" . The Black Scholar. 48 (3): 63–66. doi:10.1080/00064246.2018.1475840. ISSN   0006-4246. JSTOR   48538204.
   • Rhodes, Jane (2019). "Review of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam" . The Journal of American History. 106 (3): 713–714. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaz511. ISSN   0021-8723. JSTOR   48549838.
7. "OAH | Liberty Legacy Foundation Award" . Retrieved 2025-01-20.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN , March 17, 2013