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How we get free : black feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Javier Saez is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"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." --;The Combahee River Collective, a group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the anti-racist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection, founding members of the organization and

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Author

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Javier Saez

Publisher

Haymarket Books

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781608468683

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Science, History

Rating

4.8 / 5 (456 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14