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The Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective is a queer Black feminist organization that was founded by Barbra Smith, Beverly Smith, and Demita Frazier in 1974. It is named after the 1863 military action led by Harriet Tubman along the Combahee River in South Carolina. The Combahee River Collective Statement was developed by the organization and has been a key component of the Black feminism movement. The collectives politics have been described as radical, socialist feminism, lesbian feminism, and Black nationalism. This organization established a socialist agenda in order to bring attention to the oppression that Black women face. The Combahee River Collective views feminism through the lens of being Black and female to understand their oppression as stemming from capitalism and neocolonialism. The emergence of identities such as sexism, racism, and homophobia has created how Black women experience oppression. During their time as an organization they have worked to not only clarify their own politics but, they have also worked with other progressive organizations and movements while simultaneously fighting against the oppression that all women of color face.