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Kimberlé Crenshaw

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 scholar who introduced the term "intersectionality" in the 1990s as a framework for understanding Black women's distinct experiences through the interactions of their social, economic, and political identities with systems of inequality and privilege.

AP course connection

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

Unit 4
Kimberlé Crenshaw Definition for AP African American Studies | Fiveable