1. Black Existential Transformative Power: The Dialectic of Alienation and Enfranchisement In Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, and Ida B. Wells Open Access Author: O'Byrn, Edward Elliott Title: Black Existential Transformative Power: The Dialectic of Alienation and Enfranchisement In Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, and Ida B. Wells Graduate Program: Philosophy Keywords: Black ExistentialBlackPhilosophyDavisTransformativeWellsDouglassFrederick DouglassIda B. WellsAngela Y. DavisAmerican PhilosophyAfricanaReconstructionExistentialismDialecticEmpowermentEnfranchisementFreedom StruggleMasterSlaveEnslavedLynchingConstitutionAlienationPraxisBlack FeminismAfrican-American PhilosophyPolitics File: Download E_OByrn_Dissertation_2019.pdf Committee Members: Kathryn Sophia Belle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorKathryn Sophia Belle, Committee Chair/Co-ChairRobert Lambert Bernasconi, Committee MemberSarah Clark Miller, Committee MemberJennifer Boittin, Outside Member