22 Facts About Michele Wallace

Michele Faith Wallace was born on January 4,1952 and is a black feminist author, cultural critic, and daughter of artist Faith Ringgold.

Michele Wallace is best known for her 1979 book Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman.

Michele Wallace is a Professor of English at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Michele Faith Wallace was born on January 4,1952, in Harlem, New York.

Michele Wallace's mother is Faith Ringgold, who was a teacher and college lecturer before becoming a widely exhibited artist.

Michele Wallace's father, Robert Earl Wallace, was a classical and jazz pianist.

Michele Wallace's father died of a drug overdose when Wallace was 13, and her later clashes with her mother led to her being sent to a Catholic reform school for several weeks as a child.

Michele Wallace went to private school and spent summers at camp or in Europe.

Michele Wallace attended elementary school at Our Savior Lutheran Church, before transferring to the progressive New Lincoln School, where David Rieff and Shari Belafonte were among her classmates.

Michele Wallace cites her time at New Lincoln as one of her first experiences with radical politics.

Michele Wallace graduated from high school in 1969 and enrolled at Howard University in Washington, DC, for fall the same year.

Michele Wallace spent a semester at Howard, before returning to Harlem.

From 1974 to 1975, Michele Wallace worked at Newsweek as a book review researcher.

Michele Wallace spent the next two years writing and editing this book.

Low on money at the time, Michele Wallace took on a job as an instructor in journalism at New York University in 1976, later becoming an assistant professor of English.

Michele Wallace currently teaches at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Michele Wallace has taught at numerous institutions, including Rutgers University and Cornell University.

This, according to Michele Wallace, has resulted in a divide between black women and men.

In Black Macho, Michele Wallace is most concerned with black men's betrayal of black women.

Michele Wallace's blasting of patriarchal culture in the black community and the Black Power movement has been called divisive.

Dark Designs and Visual Culture, published in 2004, is a collection containing more than fifty articles that Michele Wallace wrote over the previous 15 years, including some of her most notable pieces as well as interviews conducted about her work.

Michele Wallace goes on to discuss life growing up in Harlem, her relationship with her mother Faith Ringgold, and how she dealt with the media attention and criticism she received for her 1979 work Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman.