How We Get Free, KeeangaYamahtta Taylor
How We Get Free, KeeangaYamahtta Taylor
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How We Get Free
Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Author: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/20/2018

Synopsis

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.

About Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, the Guardian, Ms., and elsewhere. She is an assistant professor in the African American studies department at Princeton University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by K

It feels good to get back to reading after a two week hiatus. I really, really, really enjoyed this book. So many highlights and tabs, and writing in the margins after just one read. I totally plan on going back and re-reading. I really loved all of the interviews, but especially Barbara Smith's. I......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” -The Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977 The Combahee River Collective was a feminist organization that incorporated feminism,......more

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