How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Nov 2020 · Haymarket Books
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Black feminists remind us "that America's destiny is inseparable from how it treats [black women] and the nation ignores this truth at its peril" ( The New York Review of Books).
Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction
"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free." —Combahee River Collective Statement
The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.
"A striking collection that should be immediately added to the Black feminist canon." — Bitch Media
"An essential book for any feminist library." — Library Journal
"As white feminism has gained an increasing amount of coverage, there are still questions as to how black and brown women's needs are being addressed. This book, through a collection of interviews with prominent black feminists, provides some answers." — The Independent
"For feminists of all kinds, astute scholars, or anyone with a passion for social justice, How We Get Free is an invaluable work." — Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal
Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction
"If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free." —Combahee River Collective Statement
The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.
"A striking collection that should be immediately added to the Black feminist canon." — Bitch Media
"An essential book for any feminist library." — Library Journal
"As white feminism has gained an increasing amount of coverage, there are still questions as to how black and brown women's needs are being addressed. This book, through a collection of interviews with prominent black feminists, provides some answers." — The Independent
"For feminists of all kinds, astute scholars, or anyone with a passion for social justice, How We Get Free is an invaluable work." — Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation won the 2016 Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, Jacobin, New Politics, the Guardian, In These Times, Black Agenda Report, Ms., International Socialist Review, and other publications. Taylor is assistant professor in the department of African American Studies at Princeton University.
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