Movements and Debates

Harriet Tubman

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Frederick Douglass

Susan B. Anthony

Experiencing oppression from both parents and society

Facing discrimination based on both their race and gender

Having to work both in the fields and in the home

Being oppressed by both the North and the South during the Civil War era

The Civil Rights Movement

Early Black activists like Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman

The Women's Suffrage Movement

The anti-war movement

Black women faced more economic hardship than both white women and Black men.

Black women experienced a unique combination of racial and gender discrimination that neither white women nor Black men faced in the same way.

Black women were more involved in political activism than white women and Black men.

Black women had stronger family support systems compared to white women and Black men.

A famous river in Africa

A raid led by Harriet Tubman

The location of the first Black feminist meeting

A prominent Black feminist theorist

That Black women should focus on achieving economic equality first.

That if Black women are free, everyone will be free because their liberation addresses interconnected systems of oppression.

That Black women should prioritize fighting against racism over sexism.

That Black women's liberation is solely dependent on the success of the Black liberation movement.

Racism is the primary form of oppression, and other forms are secondary.

Sexism is the most pervasive form of oppression, affecting all women equally.

Oppressions like racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia are interconnected and must be addressed simultaneously.

Classism is the root of all oppression, and addressing it will solve other inequalities.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Alice Walker

bell hooks

Angela Davis

By ignoring these issues and focusing solely on the experiences of Black women.

By critiquing racism within feminism and sexism within Black liberation movements, ensuring everyone is included.

By advocating for the separation of Black women from both feminist and Black liberation movements.

By prioritizing the concerns of white women in feminism and Black men in Black liberation movements.

Alice Walker

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Patricia Hill Collins

Angela Davis