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Birth of Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks was born with the name Gloria Jean Watkins. She was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky where she lived with her mother, father and six siblings. -
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Life and Career of Bell Hooks
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Hooks attends Integrated school
Bell Hooks went to a segregated school for much of her life up until the point where segregation in schools was no longer allowed. She realized that although segregation had ended, people of her skin color would not recieve the same treatment for quite some time. -
Earned her B.A. in English
She earned her B.A. in english from Stanford University -
Earned her M.A. in English
Bell Hooks earned her M.A. in english from the Univeristy of Wisconson-Madison -
Teaching career began
Bell hooks began her teaching career as an english professor and senior lecturer in ethnic studies at the University of Southern California. -
First Major work was published
Hook's first major work was published "Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women And Feminism. This book had been written many years before it was published, it was written while she was still in college but she wanted to wait to have it published until after she knew for sure that it was exactly what she wanted it to be. -
Published Book "Yearning"
Yearning is a book written about race, gender, and cultural politics -
Published book "Bone Black: Memories of a Girlhood"
Bone black is a book about her childhood experiences as a poor, African American girl growing up against a background of racial segregation. -
Published book titled "all about love: new visions
Hooks published this book that is about love in modern society and how love has changed from what it once was. -
Spoke at commencement cerimony
She spoke at a commencement cerimony at Southern California University where she spoke about government sanctioned violence and oppression. -
Continues life as a Feminist
Hooks has written over 30 books in her lifetime so far and plans to continue writing for as long as she can. She continues to live her life as a feminist and also continues to fight for the rights of everyone and for equality for all. She no longer teaches but she continues to give speeches and talk on talk shows about her beliefs and ideals in the hopes that one day everyone will be treated as equals and segregation/discrimination will be a thing of the past.