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Backtalker an American memoir

"One of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas."--

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Main Author:	Crenshaw, Kimberlé (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Crenshaw, Kimberlé. Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States. Civil rights > United States. Civil rights lawyers > United States > Biography. African American women lawyers > Biography. African American law teachers > United States > Biography. Autobiographies.
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Summary:	"One of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas."--
Physical Description:	xiii, 377 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781982181000 1982181001
Author Notes:	Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. She was a founder and has been a leader in the intellectual movement called Critical Race Theory and is also known for introducing and developing the concept of intersectionality. She is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum. Crenshaw writes regularly for The New Republic , The Nation , and Ms ., hosts the podcast Intersectionality Matters! , and has appeared as a commentator on media outlets including MSNBC and NPR.