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Kimberlé Crenshaw's memoir aims to help provide a roadmap to the next generation of backtalkers—the leaders and resisters in the ongoing fight for democracy who will help carry the torch.

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw speaking on a panel about Black women killed by police

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw speaking at Critical Race Theory summer school

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw speaking at Sundance

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