4 Famous Black Feminists You Never Learned About in School
Feminism, the age old F-word, is a key reason why millennial women are able to do the things they do.
Feminism has broken down barriers of inequality and liberated the daughters of a past generation to have it all: college educations, fulfilling careers, relationships on their own terms, and progressive status within their families. As women, we owe a lot to the feminist movement and to the leaders like Gloria Steinem who inspired a generation.
In honor of Black History Month, and in honor of the feminists women of color who have gone unacknowledged in the mainstream folds of the movement, I present to you a list of some of the most radical black feminists of all time.
Radical and revolutionary are terms that can be empty when not understood within their context. The following women are radical feminists because of their desire to bring attention to the plight of black women, which in some cases was and is different from the struggles of white women. Dealing with social conditions like slavery, structural racism, poverty and a denial of education, they called attention to the needs of black women in the U.S. in their own unique ways. And like other feminists, they were not afraid to be the first to do so.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/27159/black-history-month-4-famous-black-feminists-you-never-learned-about-in-school
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125516507
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"in honor of the feminists women of color who have gone unacknowledged in the mainstream folds of the movement"
Sigh. Par for the course. We've had lots of conversations in this forum over the years about the lack of women of color in positions of prominence within the feminist movement. Both the real movement and the much more minor one here on DU. 
K&R Florynce Kennedy particularly sounds like my kind of woman.
