How We Get Free
Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Haymarket Books
Publishing:13th Jan '26
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 13th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free.”
—Combahee River Collective Statement
Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction
The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.
“This new collection of a four-decades-old text reminds us that black women have long known that America’s destiny is inseparable from how it treats them and the nation ignores this truth at its peril.”
—The New York Review of Books
“A striking collection that should be immediately added to the Black feminist canon.”
—Bitch Media
“An essential book for any feminist library.”
—Library Journal
“The publication of How We Get Free marks the 40th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective statement, which is often said to be the foundational document of intersectional feminism. As white feminism has gained an increasing amount of coverage, there are still questions as to how black and brown women’s needs are being addressed. This book, through a collection of interviews with prominent black feminists, provides some answers.”
—Rachael Revesz, The Independent
“For feminists of all kinds, astute scholars, or anyone with a passion for social justice, How We Get Free is an invaluable work.”
—Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal
ISBN: 9798888903643
Dimensions: unknown
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220 pages
2nd Revised edition