Demita Frazier
Demita Frazier is a black feminist, writer, teacher, and activist. She is a founding member of the Combahee River Collective. Currently, Frazier works as a professional mentor/coach.The Combahee River Collective laid the foundation that broadened the Black feminism perspective to argue that sexism, racism, and racial oppression intersect one another. Demita Frazier was part of the Combahee River Collective, founding the organization in 1974. The group's name came from the heroic actions of Harriet Tubman, who solely led a campaign that freed more than 750 slaves at South Carolina's Combahee River in 1863. The CRC's overall mission was to inform the mass media and bring attention to the conditions of African-American women. They got involved in an initiative to stop African, African American, and Puerto-Rican women from being sterilized against their wills. The Combahee River Collective disbanded in 1980 and Frazier wrote the group's final statement, alongside Barbara Smith and Beverly Smith.
