How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Author: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Year: 2017
Pages: 191
ISBN: 978-1608468553

"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.