Black feminist movement

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anti-racist movement feminist movement intellectual movement social movement

The Black feminist movement is a social and intellectual movement that centers the intersecting struggles against racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression faced by Black women, advocating for their political, economic, and cultural liberation.

Aliases (2)

Black feminism ×4
Black feminist thought ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-racist movement → feminist movement → intellectual movement → social movement →
addresses	labor exploitation of Black women → police violence against Black women → representation of Black women in media → reproductive justice → sexual violence against Black women →
aimsFor	cultural liberation of Black women → economic liberation of Black women → political liberation of Black women →
articulatedBy	Combahee River Collective →
articulatedInDocument	Combahee River Collective Statement →
associatedConcept	Black feminist thought → identity politics → intersectionality → matrix of domination → misogynoir → womanism →
critiques	Black nationalist movements’ sexism → mainstream white feminism →
developedConcept	intersectionality →
emergedIn	United States →
emergedInPeriod	1970s → late 1960s →
focusesOn	Black women → interlocking systems of oppression → intersection of racism and sexism →
influencedBy	Black women’s liberation movement → civil rights movement → second-wave feminism →
influences	contemporary intersectional feminism → critical race theory → cultural studies → gender studies →
keyFigure	Angela Davis → Audre Lorde → Barbara Smith → Beverly Guy-Sheftall → Kimberlé Crenshaw → Moya Bailey → Patricia Hill Collins → bell hooks →
opposes	classism → heterosexism → patriarchy → racism → sexism → white supremacy →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angela Davis ("Black feminism") → June Jordan ("Black feminism") → Roxane Gay ("Black feminism") → Sonia Sanchez ("Black feminism") →	movement
Black Power movement → Harlem Renaissance ("Black feminist thought") →	influenced