The Civil Rights Movement Expands

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

"There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. As Black women we have been forced to recognize that the fight for racial liberation will not free us from sexual oppression, nor will the women's movement free us from the violence of poverty. We must define ourselves." — Audre Lorde, 1979

Lorde's contribution to feminist thought is best described as

  • A

    Filing Reed v. Reed

  • B

    Articulating intersectional analysis of overlapping oppressions

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  • C

    Drafting the ERA

  • D

    Founding NOW

Explanation

Lorde's writings developed intersectional analysis later codified by scholars like Kimberle Crenshaw in the 1980s.

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