Enter the (1974). This group of Black feminists and lesbians, named after the river where Harriet Tubman freed 750 enslaved people, wrote a revolutionary statement: "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression."
Here’s a look at the fascinating, often untold, layers of that world. Decades before Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term "intersectionality" in 1989, Black lesbians were living it. They understood that their fight couldn't be just about race (often led by Black men who sidelined sexism and homophobia) or just about gender (often led by white women who sidelined race). black lesbians
They were the first to argue that racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism are inseparable. Their blueprint became the foundation for modern social justice movements everywhere. When you think of the Roaring 20s and the Harlem Renaissance, you think of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. But you should also think of the "Sapphire Salon." Enter the (1974)