How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition)

If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free. — Combahee River Collective Statement

The Combahee River Collective, a pathbreaking 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 1970s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members and contemporary activists reflect on the organization’s contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today’s struggles.

This expanded second edition features a new introduction by Taylor and a powerful new interview with Angela Y. Davis [Adapted from publishers’ description.]

ISBN: 9798888903643 | Haymarket Books

Praise

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

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