Gayle T. Tate

About

Dr. Gayle T. Tate is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Africana Studies and a member of the Graduate Faculty of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She has served as both a past and current Chairperson of the Department of Africana Studies. Her areas of specialization include African-American and Diaspora studies, as well as Gender and Sexuality. Dr. Tate's published work has appeared in numerous scholarly journals such as The Western Journal of Black Studies, Women & Politics, The National Political Science Review, Urban Affairs Annual Review, Third World in Perspective, Black Women’s History at the Intersection of Knowledge and Power, and the Journal of Black Studies. Her contributions extend to several encyclopedias, including Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. She has also held editorial roles, including associate editor for Africana: An Introduction & Study and co-editor of volumes such as Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States: Made in America, The Black Urban Community, and The Black Experience in America. Dr. Tate is the author of the book 'Unknown Tongues: Black Women’s Political Activism in the Antebellum Era, 1830-1860,' published in 2003, which was a Choice recommendation in 2004. She is also the co-author of 'Rights for a Season: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in Richmond Virginia,' published in 2003. Her work has been recognized with awards, including her…

Research topics

• Sociology
• Political Science
• Law
• Theology
• Religious studies
• Philosophy
• Mathematics
• Law and economics
• Gender studies
• Media studies

Selected publications

• Unknown Tongues: Black Women's Political Activism in the Antebellum Era, 1830-1860

  Journal of the Early Republic · 2003-01-01 · 20 citations

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  This volume examines the social and economic factors of northern industrialization, social reform and black nationalism, all of which undergirded black women's political consciousness during the decades before the American Civil War.

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• Rights for a Season: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in Richmond, Virginia

  The Journal of Southern History · 2004-08-01 · 10 citations

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• Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States: Made in America

  Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2003-11-01 · 7 citations

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  PART I: THE CONTEXT OF BLACK CONSERVATISM Black Creole Cultures: The Eighteenth Century Origins of African American Conservatism R.Jones The American Moral Reform Society and the Origins of Black Conservative Ideology R.E.Weems, Jr Black Political Conservatism and Richmond Virginia: A Case Study L.A.Randolph & G.T.Tate PART II: GENDER, FAMILY AND SOCIAL POLICY African Americans Respond to Conservatism: The Politics of Anti-Women Suffrage Agenda R.Tergborg-Penn If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Th…

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• Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the U.S.

  Palgrave Macmillan eBooks · 2002-06-15 · 4 citations

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• Black Nationalism: An Angle of Vision.

  ˜The œWestern journal of black studies · 1988-01-01 · 4 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Lewis A. Randolph

  6 shared

• Ronald L. Heinemann

  1 shared

• Edward Ramsamy

  African Studies Centre

  1 shared

• John T. McCartney

  Lafayette College

  1 shared

• Judith A. Luckett

  1 shared

Labs

• Black Ecologies LabPI

Awards & honors

• Unknown Tongues: Black Women’s Political Activism in the Ant…
• Rights for a Season: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender…

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