SpeakHER50: Kimberlé Crenshaw

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Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, is a leading authority in the area of Civil Rights, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. Her work has been foundational in two fields of study that have come to be known by terms that she coined: Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. Crenshaw’s  articles have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Stanford Law Review and Southern California Law Review. She is the founding coordinator of the Critical Race Theory Workshop, and the co-editor of the volume, “Critical Race Theory: Key Documents That Shaped the Movement.” Crenshaw has lectured widely on race matters, addressing audiences across the country as well as in Europe, India, Africa and South America.