Einstein, Zillah. Combahee River Collective, 1978, https://combaheerivercollective.weebly.com/the-combahee-river-collective-statement.html. Accessed 2021.
This statement put forward by the Combahee River Collective addresses the Black feminist movement. Section 1 speaks about the origins of Black feminism and some of the earliest activists, including Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. It was important to develop a movement that is anti racist, unlike the White feminist movement, and anti sexist, unlike some practices of Black men. Section 2 talks about the beliefs of the Collective, which is that liberation for Black women is as important as others, and should not be a footnote in other movements. It is important to look at things from an intersectional perspective because it is difficult to separate class from race from sex. Section 3 addresses the problems of organizing as a Black feminist collective, which includes the fact that Black women are fighting multiple types of oppression, and do not have any privilege to lean on. Lastly, Section 4 focuses on issues that the Black feminist movement will address. One of these is the racism that exists within the White feminist movement, and White women’s lack of effort to educate themselves and be inclusive of Black women. The Combahee River Collective statement is very effective in highlighting the history of the Black feminist movement, and how it intends to look in the future.