Combahee

The group is most known for "The Combahee River Collective Statement," a key document in the history and shaping of black feminist thought.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

And in Boston the "Combahee River Collective," referring to Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad, who freed 750 slaves near the Combahee River in South Carolina in 1863, was an active black feminist lesbian organization from 1974-1980.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

The group is most known for "The Combahee River Collective Statement," a key document in the history and shaping of black feminist thought.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

Today here in Greater Boston the ethos of the "Combahee River Collective" is continued with "Queer Women of Color and Friends" (QWOC+ Boston), a grassroots organization dedicated to creating a diverse social space for LGBTQ women of color.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

And in Boston the "Combahee River Collective," referring to Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad, who freed 750 slaves near the Combahee River in South Carolina in 1863, was an active black feminist lesbian organization from 1974-1980.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

Today here in Greater Boston the ethos of the "Combahee River Collective" is continued with "Queer Women of Color and Friends" (QWOC+ Boston), a grassroots organization dedicated to creating a diverse social space for LGBTQ women of color.

Irene Monroe: Re-Introducing Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women of African Descent Irene Monroe 2010

Charles Lane, Charleston, S.C. Charles Lane shot his first duck in 1960, and when development threatened the Ashepoo, Combahee, and South Edisto (ACE) Basin where he'd spent countless hours afield, he resolved to step in and save it.

A Warrior for Woodies, a Bass Conservationist, and an Estuary Enhancer 2008

For the earliest use of the term identity politics in print (at least, of which I am aware), see the Combahee River Collective Statement, April 1977, reprinted in Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, ed.

Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 1965–83 2007

The major rivers in the ACE Basin, the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto, each have extensive drainage areas.

Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina 2007

Three major rivers (Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto) provide fresh water and influence the character of inland portions of the study area.

Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina 2007