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  • Combahee River Collective. Second, from the left, is Barbara Smith.

    Eleven Black Women: Why Did They Die?

    Barbara Smith, a key contributor to contemporary Black feminist thought, formed the Combahee River Collective to address Black women's interlocking oppressions.
    by Huda Hassan, Barbara Smith via Mother, Loosen My Tongue on March 8, 2022
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The women of the Combahee River Collective.

“If Black Women Were Free”: An Oral History of the Combahee River Collective

“Here we are, a group of Black lesbian feminist anti-imperialist anti-capitalists trying to do the right thing.”
by Marian Moser Jones via The Nation on October 29, 2021
An illustration of Barbara Smith.

Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free

Barbara Smith and the Black feminist visionaries of the Combahee River Collective.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The New Yorker on July 20, 2020
‘View of Grave Creek Mound’; engraving by Ebenezer Mathers, 1839.

The Plunder and the Pity

Alicia Puglionesi explores the damage white supremacy did to Native Americans and their land.
by Ian Frazier via New York Review of Books on January 18, 2024
Black and white photo of The National Negro Business League with founder Booker T. Washington.

Identity Politics and Elite Capture

The Combahee River Collective and E. Franklin Frazier’s Black Bourgeoisie agree that the wealthy and powerful will hijack activist energies for their own ends.
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò via Boston Review on May 7, 2020
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