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Kimberlé Crenshaw – Full Interview

Season 3 • Episode 6 • Length: 46 minutes

Listen to host Marianne Schnall’s full conversation about advancing racial justice with civil rights activist and law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. Crenshaw discusses the #SayHerName movement (3:35) and book (9:24)—which she created with the African American Policy Forum to uplift the often invisible names and stories of Black women and girls who have been subject to racialized police violence—the origins, meaning, and importance of two terms she coined, “intersectionality” (22:55) and Critical Race Theory (27:19), what support Black women leaders need (33:39), her visions for a more equal world (31:25), and much more.

Additional Resources:

For more information about Kimberlé Crenshaw and her work, visit aapf.org

For more information about Tandem please visit tandemequality.org