Submitted by: Olivera Jokic, Associate Professor, English and Gender Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
To read online, click here: “Combahee River Collective Statement”, Combahee River Collective, 1977
This is from a chapter in the book, “Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith, 2000. Open book and scroll down to chapter.
This is a paper by Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. “During that time we have been involved in the process of defining and clarifying our politics, while at the same time doing political work within our own group and in coalition with other progressive organizations and movements. Four major topics in the paper focus on: (1) the genesis of contemporary Black feminism; (2) what we believe, i.e., the specific province of our politics; (3) the problems in organizing Black feminists, including a brief herstory of our collective; and (4) Black feminist issues and practice.
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