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The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as Black women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians.

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Average rating: 4.61 · 951 ratings · 110 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (Editor), Toni Cade Bambara (Foreword) 4.52 avg rating — 9,764 ratings — published 1981 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Editor)(Introduction), Lisa Reneé Pitts (Narrator), Barbara Smith (Contributor) 4.47 avg rating — 4,694 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology by Barbara Smith (Editor), Tania Abdulahad (Contributor), Donna Allegra (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties 4.72 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CRNE PANTERE, CRNA MOĆ I CRNE POLITIKE. Umrijeti za narod by Marija Ćaćić (Author, Translator), Huey Newton, Fred Hampton 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Black Feminist Statement liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Combahee River Collective Nyilatkozata by Combahee River Collective, Nóra Ugron (Goodreads Author) (Translator & Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black feminism: Anthologie du féminisme africain-américain, 1975-2000 by Combahee River Collective, Laura Alexandra Harris, bell hooks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In the practice of our politics we do not believe that the end always justifies the means.”
― Combahee River Collective, The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties

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“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”
― Combahee River Collective, The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties

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“In the practice of our politics, we do not believe that the end always justifies the means. Many reactionary and destructive acts have been done in the name of achieving “correct” political goals. As feminists we do not want to mess over people in the name of politics.”
― Combahee River Collective, The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties

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