Break the silence surrounding Black women's experiences of violence! Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors, Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue sheds new light on an understudied field. For too long, Black women have been suffering the effects of violence in painful silence. This book?winner of the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award for its contribution to the understanding of the role of gender in the lives of Black women?provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you