Talk:Combahee River Collective

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Merge

Seems like the "Combahee River Collective Statement" article is almost a copy of this one, with a very little bit of extra information. I recommend merging that one into this one. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:01, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I contributed both articles and would be ok with merging them as you suggested. Thanks Kootenayvolcano (talk) 22:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, SatyrTN, I can't figure out how to do the references correctly as you do, so I just added them as I can.Kootenayvolcano (talk) 05:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Think I figured it out.Kootenayvolcano (talk) 05:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks like everything has been merged into this one? If so, the "Statement" article can be made into a redirect. Thoughts? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 15:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Haven't merged everything yet, but I can do that soon. It sounds good to me.Kootenayvolcano (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I think we are ready to merge!Kootenayvolcano (talk) 19:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion-Vandalism

I removed Combahee participant "Tits McGee" from the article, because this seemed like vandalism to me. If I am incorrect, my apologies, and if you can cite a source indicating this person's participation in the collective, please do so.Kootenayvolcano (talk) 23:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Wonderful comment. :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.237.157.121 (talk) 01:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Connection to LGBT History

Hi! I'm working on this page for class and my partner and I couldn't help but notice that this page could be enhanced by connecting it to LGBT history. Also, maybe it would help to add in a section about how it uses a framework of intersectionality even though the word had not been coined yet. Finally, we have found some great information on Margo Okazawa-Rey and would like to create a page for her and then link it to this page. Let me know what you think! Leslyn S (talk) 22:17, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Why did the collective disband?

I would love to know why. I suspect I am not alone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.237.157.121 (talk) 13:10, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Battle of Combahee River - John Laurens death

A lot of content about a battle having nothing to do with this article.

On the 27th of August, 1782, a battle took place at Combahee River Against the British and Americans. The revolution was already over, however not all the troops got the information. Two people died, including Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, and nineteen were injured.

The Battle ——————————— John Laurens, an Aide de camp for General and future-president George Washington, insisted on a black battalion in order to abolish slavery and give people of colour rights. He took his troops to a friend’s house and stayed the night. At roughly 3 am he lead them out. The British heard of Americans coming and planned an ambush. When the Enemy began fire, Laurens ordered immediate attack although outnumbered. Laurens led the charge. The British opened fire and eventually knocked Laurens and others of their horses, the black battalion retreated.

General Mordecai Gist of Maryland was accompanying more troops in order to aid the battalion at 4am. He arrived with his troops in time to cover a retreat, but he was unable to dislodge the British from their position.

Death ———————— John Laurens died on the grass near the river on August 27th. This left his friends- including Lafayette, Washington and Hamilton- and family to grieve. Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of America whom John had had a romantic relationship with before his death, was sent into a depression and refused to take time to grieve, instead he unhealthy bundled himself with work. John Laurens was buried near the site of his death until his father arrived and buried his remains in the family graveyard. You can now visit the grave as the house and graveyard is open to the public.

Legacy in media ———————————————— John Laurens can be seen in a few different pieces of media: two short films by the Learning corporation of America, featured in an episode of the Washington ministries and a role in the hit musical Hamilton.

Tributes & other Legacy ————————————————————————— 1782, in October Alexander Hamilton wrote in a letter to General Nathanael Greene:

“I feel the deepest affliction at the news we have just received at the loss of our dear and inestimable friend Laurens. His career of virtue is at end. How strangely are human affairs conducted, that so many excellent qualities could not ensure a more happy fate! The world will feel the loss of a man who has left few like him behind; and America, of a citizen whose heart realized that patriotism of which others only talk. I feel the loss of a friend whom I truly and most tenderly loved, and one of a very small number.”

Nathanael Greene stated that “The army has lost A brave officer and the public a worthy citizen.”

John Church Hamilton (Alexander’s son) named his son Laurens Hamilton.

John Church Hamilton also discovered letters between His father and John and had to censor or burn some parts as they were too ‘sensual’.

Laurens County, Georgia was named after him.

Laurens, South Carolina and Laurens County, South Carolina were named after him and his father.

After being asked about Laurens character 3 years after his death, George Washington responded with:

"no man possessed more of the amor patria [love of country]. In a word, he had not a fault, that I ever could discover, unless intrepidity bordering upon rashness could come under that denomination; and to this he was excited by the purest motives."

Multiple biographies were written

A writer and history professor, Gregory D. Massey, stated:

‘Laurens speaks more clearly to us today than other men of the American Revolution whose names are far more familiar. Unlike all other southern political leaders of the time, he believed that blacks shared a similar nature with whites, which included a natural right to liberty. "We have sunk the Africans & their descendants below the Standard of Humanity," he wrote, "and almost render'd them incapable of that Blessing which equal Heaven bestow'd upon us all." Whereas other men considered property the basis of liberty, Laurens believed liberty that rested on the sweat of slaves was not deserving of the name. To that extent, at least, his beliefs make him our contemporary, a man worthy of more attention than the footnote he has been in most accounts of the American Revolution‘ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainspud19 (talk • contribs) 07:06, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Collapsed content irrelevant to this article. Captainspud19, I think you meant to add this to the talk page of some other article. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 07:55, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

7th reference link dead

The 7th reference link to the statement of the CRC is dead (Continuous.org), it'll need to be updated.Chantern15 (talk) 03:46, 1 November 2021 (UTC)chantern15

Archive.org link here: Chantern15 (talk) 03:58, 1 November 2021 (UTC)chantern15

Added live link Chantern15 (talk) 07:10, 1 November 2021 (UTC)chantern15

Capitalization

I've seen the title of the first chapter of the Statement as "The genesis of Contemporary Black Feminism" with the 'g' lower case (from multiple sources). Should this article use a lower case 'g' in the chapter title? 2600:1006:B168:43BC:A2FF:FB94:B2D6:6735 (talk) 12:42, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

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Missing Referent in the Lede

"...while Delaney and Manditch-Prottas argue..."

Who are they? ~2025-32417-38 (talk) 14:40, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Note: I'm aware of the refs. The text should stand for itself.--~2025-32417-38 (talk) 14:43, 18 January 2026 (UTC)