Combahee
Americannoun
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The term itself comes from The Combahee River Collective Statement, compiled in 1977 by Black, mostly queer, feminists who argued for approaching politics through their identity because “the major systems of oppression are interlocking.”
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024
Her brilliant 2018 film, “Sojourner,” invokes an expanded pantheon, including the assemblage artist Noah Purifoy, the feminist Combahee River Collective, and Rebecca Cox Jackson, who founded a 19th-century Black Shaker community.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
She famously joined Colonel James Montgomery and his 2nd South Carolina Infantry during the group’s 1863 raid on Combahee River plantations, where Tubman provided scouting, nursing, and cooking aid.
From Fox News • Feb. 6, 2022
She traces this definition to 1`970s women-of-color feminism, then called Third World feminism; notably, the Combahee River Collective, an organization of Black feminist lesbian women involved in early conversations about intersectionality.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2021
“Angel 5! Angel 5!” he said, “plane down in area approximately ten miles east of runway in the Combahee Island area!”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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