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ENGL 8800 / FOLK 8200 / WGSS 8920 / AAS 6015: The Sacred and Secular in Black Feminist Folklore: Combahee River Collective

Harriet Tubman provided inspiration for the women who founded the Combahee River Collective.

Combahee River Collective Resources

Combahee River Collective Statement
Foundational statement of the Boston-based Black feminist lesbian socialist organization (written in 1977).

City of Boston Combahee River Collective History
Until Black Women are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
New Yorker article by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the Combahee River Collective.
Combahee's Radical Call
Boston Center for the Arts Combahee River Collective histories.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Democracy Now!