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DESCRIPTION:Discover the story behind how one of the most influential public 
 intellectuals in the world, Kimberle W. Crenshaw, became the person she is 
 today. Crenshaw will be in conversation at the Main Library Open House, 
 celebrating 30 years of the Main Library and 30 years of the African 
 American Center. \n\nIt is not very often that someone comes along and 
 permanently reshapes the way Americans think about two of the most 
 important issues of the day. In this case: race and gender. But that is 
 what Kimberle Crenshaw did when she articulated two concepts that would 
 forever change national and global debates about equality: 
 intersectionality and critical race theory. Backtalker is the powerful and 
 intimate story of how a little girl from Canton, Ohio, came up with a new 
 way to look at the world. Crenshaw's memoir traces the way her lived 
 experience made her see things others didn't as the daughter of a 
 strong-minded teacher and a pathbreaking public servant, and as the sister 
 of a protective, yet bullying older brother. She starts to talk back, and 
 that backtalking has continued throughout her life. \n\nKimberle 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.\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/27/18886406.php
SUMMARY:Author: Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Backtalker
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium\n100 Larkin Street\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/27/18886406.php
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