A review by marcymurli
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

4.0

It was such a delight to revisit the Combahee River Collective's initial manifesto and to see Taylor frame it in the context of the present moment. The interviews with Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier give the reader a sense of the environment that created this extraordinary collective. It's especially fascinating to see how well their vision holds up when most feminist manifestos from second-wave American feminism do not. The concluding interview with Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza demonstrates the longevity of Combahee's role in shaping activists today.