Black Lesbians

Black Lesbians: An Annotated Bibliography," compiled by JR Roberts and published in 1981, is a noteworthy landmark in the history of women's studies, African-American studies, and lesbian and gay studies. Roberts' 341 primary bibliographic entries, each one accompanied by an informative annotation, made available a vast body of work about the lives of Black lesbians. Roberts' book includes a foreword by Barbara Smith, a Black lesbian writer who continues to be a forceful presence as a writer and activist (see, for example, Smith's 1999 essay collection "The Truth That Never Hurts," published…