Combahee River Collective

The Combahee River Collective was an American group that the discourse about multiple suppression helped to shape from the standpoint of theory, black lesbian feminists. It was founded in 1974 in Boston.

Founder was Barbara Smith, who also gave the name. Was named the group after the Combahee River, on which 1863 750 black slaves were freed under the leadership of Harriet Tubman.

The group took the strategy of strategic essentialism, which allowed them a multiple identity politics. They called for a debate about racism in the U.S. feminist movement.