Show More. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Components in the "Black Feminist Statement" Mission Statement Problems Organizing Extension of Simone de Beauvoir's discussion of woman as ultimate "other"; Extension of 2nd wave feminist discourse that attempts to answer, "What is woman?" In "Combahee River Collective Statement," Combahee River Collective gives insight to the formation of the movement. In both cases, it is evident that the black women face marginalization from both white feminist and black men in anti-social movements. THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT: 1) Brief Summary: The Combahee River Collective was a black feminist lesbian organization active in Boston in the 1970s. In “The Combahee River Collective Statement,” the women of the Combahee River Collective explain black feminism, the tenets of the group, the problems of organizing black feminists, and what issues the organization will focus on. I n 1977 I co-authored the Combahee River Collective Statement – a document that emphasized the overlapping forms of economic and social oppression faced by black women. The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977) by Combahee River Collective We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. The Combahee River Collective Statement Combahee River Collective. The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian organization, formed in 1974 and named after the Combahee River Raid, where Harriet Tubman led 750 freed slaves to safety.The Collective was instrumental in highlighting that the white feminist movement was not addressing the particular needs of black women. Statement (The Combahee River Collective, in: James, Sharpley-Whiting (eds) The Black Feminist Reader. 1388 Words 6 Pages. STUDY. The Combahee River Collective Statement. Statement Combahee River Collective We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. This piece is their statement of identity and purpose. “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. The Combahee River Collective Statement is believed to be the first text where the term identity politics is used. The Combahee River Collective (/ k ə m ˈ b iː / kəm-BEE) was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. Cultural legacy. Summary "Combahee River Collective, an African American feminist collective, presents a testimony of the reflective work done since the 1970s in the United States. The group was founded based on the past experiences of the feminist movement in the US and black women liberation. Summary of point #1. Succinct and precise, How We Get Free reflects on the political legacy of the Combahee River Collective, a group of radical Black feminists active throughout the seventies. Combahee River Collective Statement - #ReadingRevolution - Left POCket Project Podcast by Left POCket Project Podcast published on 2020-09-02T10:20:55Z In this episode, part of the #ReadingRevolution series, we discuss the Combahee River Collective Statement, a manifesto penned by black lesbian socialists in 1977 regarding the way forward in movement politics. Since 1977, that term has been used, abused, and reconfigured into something foreign to its creators. Das Combahee River Collective war eine US-amerikanische Gruppe, die vom Standpunkt schwarzer lesbischer Feministinnen den Diskurs um Mehrfachunterdrückung mitprägte. The book discusses four major topics: the genesis of contemporary Black feminism; the particularity of its policy; the problems and the history of its collective; and Black feminist issues and practice." [1] During that time we have been involved in the process of defining and clarifying our politics, while at the same time doing political work within our own group and in coalition with other progressive organizations and movements. The collection includes the Combahee River Collective Statement, a document outlining the group's beliefs and practices, as well as a handful of retrospective interviews with key members. A Black Feminist Statement The Combahee River Collective We are a collective of black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974.1 During that time we have been involved in the process of defining and clarifying our politics, while at the same time doing political work within our own group and in coalition with other progressive organi zations and movements. The Combahee River Collective Statement appeared as a movement document in April 1977. PLAY. These women are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression. The Combahee River Collective Statement Combahee River Collective We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. [1] During that time we have been involved in the process of defining… Blackwell Publishers Ltd., Oxford, pp 261–270, 1977) demonstrates the necessity of temporal linkages to historical Black feminist texts and the wisdom of Black feminist situated knowers. "The Combahee River Collective Statement." The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. We are a collective of Black feminists who have been meeting together since 1974. Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier, three members of the Combahee River Collective of the collective , wrote a statement recording the actions and expressing their philosophies. She states, "Looking at the Combahee River Collective statement and praxis does situate us in a certain trajectory of history that many writers on the left have ignored. [1] During that time we have been involved in the process of defining and clarifying our politics, while at the same time doing political work within our own group and in coalition with other progressive organizations and movements. I first encountered the Combahee River Collective Statement in a women’s-studies class, my second year of college at SUNY Buffalo. Combahee River Collective, Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America, October 2005 issue. Responding to The methodology of ‘occupation’ through re-reading The Combahee River Collective Black Feminist Statement (The Combahee River Collective, in: James, Sharpley-Whiting (eds) The Black Feminist Reader.