Combahee River Collective Statement

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Black feminist text collective statement feminist manifesto lesbian feminist text political manifesto socialist feminist text

The Combahee River Collective Statement is a foundational 1977 manifesto by a Black feminist lesbian socialist collective that articulated the concept of interlocking oppressions and helped shape modern intersectional feminist thought.

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Label	Occurrences
The Combahee River Collective Statement	2
Combahee River Collective Statement canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black feminist text ⓘ collective statement ⓘ feminist manifesto ⓘ lesbian feminist text ⓘ political manifesto ⓘ socialist feminist text ⓘ
associatedWith	Black feminist movement ⓘ Combahee River Collective ⓘ United States Black feminist organizing ⓘ second-wave feminism ⓘ
author	Combahee River Collective ⓘ
coreConcept	anti-class oppression ⓘ anti-heterosexism ⓘ anti-racism ⓘ anti-sexism ⓘ collective liberation ⓘ interlocking systems of oppression ⓘ simultaneity of oppression ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	capitalism ⓘ heterosexism in social movements ⓘ racism in white feminist movements ⓘ sexism in Black nationalist movements ⓘ
describes	Black feminism ⓘ identity politics ⓘ interlocking oppressions ⓘ lesbian feminism ⓘ socialist feminism ⓘ
focusesOn	lives of Black lesbians ⓘ lives of Black women ⓘ working-class women of color ⓘ
genre	manifesto ⓘ political theory ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1970s feminism ⓘ
influenced	Black feminist thought ⓘ surface form: Black feminist theory contemporary social justice movements ⓘ intersectional feminism ⓘ queer of color critique ⓘ women of color feminism ⓘ
keyTerm	identity politics ⓘ interlocking oppressions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	Black feminist movement ⓘ surface form: Black feminism intersectional feminism ⓘ
politicalOrientation	anti-capitalist ⓘ anti-imperialist ⓘ socialist ⓘ
publicationYear	1977 ⓘ
states	liberation of Black women would mean liberation of all people ⓘ

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