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Reading Group: How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

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Central Square Branch
45 Pearl St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

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“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.” 
- Combahee River Collective, April 1977 

This event is part 2 of 4 of our reading group to discuss How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. We will read and discuss the book in sections as follows:  

Session 1 - Intro, Barbara Smith 
Session 2 - Beverly Smith, Demita Frazier 
Session 3 - Alicia Garza, Angela Davis, comments 
Session 4 – Reflections on Cambridge present and future 

Participants are encouraged to come to as many sessions as they can — and all are welcome! Copies of the book are available for pickup at the Central Square Branch.   

This event was created in partnership with Community Conversations: Sister to Sister, the Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commission, and the Cambridge Women’s Commission. 

Last Updated: 3/21/2026
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