Scholar, activist, and history-maker. Barbara Smith’s life is a masterclass in building inclusive movements for real social change.
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Combahee River Collective for #bhm2026 work.robdontstop.com/black-is-bea... #CombaheeRiverCollective #ArtOfRobertLiuTrujillo
'Yeah, but you know, don't be asking about some shit that happened thirty, forty years ago.' I have an eidetic memory, and I remember it exactly. But to me, [...] I'm not nostalgic. It's like not then. What about right now? What about right now? That's me." #DemitaFrazier #CombaheeRiverCollective
The Collective—made up of Black lesbian activists—introduced the concept of interlocking oppressions, which later became known as intersectionality. Their work directly informs the foundations of Black LGBTQ+ organizing models like COTTON today.
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There’s some relief in seeing the tide turn — many now admitting the dangers of the “commodification of identity” without crying “far-right enabler.” Yet the silence still gnaws. Why were we cast out? Why didn't the heirs of @thebarbarasmith.bsky.social and #CombaheeRiverCollective speak up?
As a special treat, the version that’s at archive.qzap.org is posted as flats specifically so that the PDF can be downloaded, printed and distributed.
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