Emancipation's DaughtersIn Emancipation's Daughters, Rich Richardson examines iconic black women leaders who have contested racial stereotypes and constructed new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States. Drawing on literary texts and cultural representations, Richardson shows how five emblematic black womenMary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyonchave challenged white centered definitions of American identity. By using