Gloria Akasha Hull
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Gloria Akasha Hull is a writer, educator and Black feminist activist.
She married on June 12, 1966 and divorced at the age of 39. Gloria legally changed her name to Akasha Gloria Hull in 1992. She has one child. Hull was one of the top students at Booker T Washington high school. It was here—and through her mother who had the barest of formal education—that she grew to love literary form. She attended Baton Rouge's Southern University
and majored in English literature. After graduating Summa cum laude she went on to earn her master's and doctorate at Purdue University
.
Hull was a member of the Combahee River Collective
, a Black feminist group active in Boston
in the late 1970s.
Gloria Akasha Hull is the co-editor of volume 1 of Notable Black American Women (1991, Gale Books, ISBN 0-8103-4749-0). Other important works include Healing Heart (1989), Color, Sex and Poetry: Three Women of the Harlem Renaissance (1987), Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1986) and All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men But Some of Us Are Brave (1982).
Biography
Gloria Akasha Hull was born Gloria Theresa Thompson on December 6, 1944, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her father Robert Thompson was a laborer and her mother Jimmie was a house keeper.She married on June 12, 1966 and divorced at the age of 39. Gloria legally changed her name to Akasha Gloria Hull in 1992. She has one child. Hull was one of the top students at Booker T Washington high school. It was here—and through her mother who had the barest of formal education—that she grew to love literary form. She attended Baton Rouge's Southern University
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
and majored in English literature. After graduating Summa cum laude she went on to earn her master's and doctorate at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
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Hull was a member of the Combahee River Collective
Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist Lesbian organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. They are perhaps best known for developing the Combahee River Collective Statement, a key document in the history of contemporary Black feminism and the development of the concepts of...
, a Black feminist group active in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
in the late 1970s.
Gloria Akasha Hull is the co-editor of volume 1 of Notable Black American Women (1991, Gale Books, ISBN 0-8103-4749-0). Other important works include Healing Heart (1989), Color, Sex and Poetry: Three Women of the Harlem Renaissance (1987), Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1986) and All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men But Some of Us Are Brave (1982).