Combahee River Collective"The Combahee River Collective statement was created and written by Afrocentric black feminists who parted ways from the NBFO (National Black Feminist Organization) in order to create, define, and clarify their own politics. These women are actively committed to struggling against racial, sexual, heterosexual, and class oppression. It is their particular task to further the development of integrated analysis and practice based upon the fact that the major systems of oppression are interlocking." The source for this statement was cited by Zillah Eisenstein as found in the book "Home Girls, A Black Feminist Anthology," edited by Barbara Smith, ©1983, published by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, Inc., New York, New York.
mith and her peers found community at the National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO), a group that worked specifically to address the issues faced by Black women in America.