KIMBERLÉ CRENSHAW: Intersectionality came out of an encounter that I had with the way anti-discrimination law seemed to overlook the challenges that Black women were facing in employment. My first ...

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her memoir chronicles the personal and legal framework for her thinking.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights advocate and legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw speaks in New York City on Feb. 7, 2015. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images In ...

Intersectionality may be a buzz word in the news, personal essays and protest marches now, but it wasn’t a well-known concept until scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw developed and presented the theory in the ...

Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done ...

Intersectionality may be a buzz word in the news, personal essays and protest marches now, but it wasn’t a well-known concept until scholar Kimberle Crenshaw developed and presented the theory in the ...

Interview with legal scholar and movement leader Kimberlé Crenshaw on her new memoir Backtalker, how we can support Black women leaders, why this moment “requires active engagement” and more.

Intersectionality is heralded as a solution for societal ills and condemned for undermining rational thought. To the degree that she can, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw prefers to steer clear of the ...

She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar exp ...

One of America’s most prominent civil rights scholars, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, will pay her first ever visit to the ...

*Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw‘s memoir “Backtalker: An American Memoir” is a powerful and poignant story of resilience and ...