✊🏿ap african american studies review

Alice Walker

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A writer who coined the term "womanist" in the 1980s to describe a framework building upon earlier Black women's activism through opposition to racism in feminist spaces and sexism in Black communities.

AP course connection

Topic 4.13: 4.13 The Black Feminist Movement, Womanism, and Intersectionality

Unit 4