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Subject(s)

• Combahee River Collective—History [Browse]
• Feminism [Browse]
• African American women—Social conditions [Browse]
• African American feminists—History—20th century [Browse]
• African American feminists—History—21st entury [Browse]

Editor

• Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta [Browse]

Summary note

"In the last several years, Black feminism has reemerged as the analytical framework for the activist response to the oppression of trans women of color, the fight for reproductive rights, and, of course, the movement against police abuse and violence. The most visible organizations and activists connected to the Black Lives Matter movement speak openly about how Black feminism shapes their politics and strategies today. The interviews I have compiled in this book -- with the three authors of the Combahee River Collective Statement, Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier, #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Alicia Garza, and historian and activist Barbara Ransby -- are an attempt to show how these politics remain historically vibrant and relevant to the struggles of today. As Demita Frazier says, the point of talking about Combahee is not to be nostalgic; rather, we talk about it because Black women are still not free." -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, from the introduction.

Contents

Introduction -- The Combahee River Collective Statement -- Barbara Smith -- Beverly Smith -- Demita Frazier -- Alicia Garza -- Comments by Barbara Ransby -- Acknowledgments -- Contributor Biographies.

Other title(s)

Back feminism and the Combahee River Collective

ISBN

• 1608468550
• 9781608468553

OCLC

975027867

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