The Combahee River Collective disbanded in 1980, but their emphasis on a written record helped the collective’s work find a home within academia, contributing to its continued popularity. In the ...

A short account of the Combahee River raid during the American Civil War, which was led by former slave and underground railroad activist Harriet Tubman, and freed nearly 800 slaves. Col. Montgomery ...

Most Americans know Harriet Tubman as the fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad—but few know she led the largest liberation of enslaved people in U.S. military history. A new exhibition at ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname “Moses” all over again—and became the first woman in U.S. history to lead a major military expedition. As clouds flitted across ...

I first encountered the Combahee River Collective fifteen years ago. I had just started a masters program in Gender Studies in London and the first thing I remember thinking was: I can’t believe I had ...

It’s the sort of story America loves telling about itself. A story promoting the idea of American exceptionalism. A daring midnight raid. A hero. Freedom prevailing over evil. ByChadd Scott, ...

We speak with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the new collection of essays she edited that is titled “How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective.” Taylor is an assistant professor ...

“Here we are, a group of Black lesbian feminist anti-imperialist anti-capitalists trying to do the right thing.” The Combahee River Collective in 1974. Left to right bottom: Demita Frazier and Helen ...

This episode we’re going to learn about the Combahee River raid, the first U.S. military operation to be organized and led by a woman. That woman was abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Dr. Edda Fields-Black ...