The Radical Blueprint of Barbara Smith and the Combahee River Collective

The Radical Blueprint of Barbara Smith and the Combahee River Collective

For Women’s History Month, The Hub News is honoring powerful Black women in history who have helped shape the modern world.  This week, we’ll be commemorating the life of Barbara Smith, a pioneer in Black feminism and LGBTIQA+ activism.  Born in 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, Smith was raised by her mother, Hilda Smith, her maternal grandmother and her great aunt alongside her twin sister. At the age of nine, her mother passed away, leaving both twins…