In 'Backtalker,' Kimberlé Crenshaw turns from political theory to personal memoir
May 21, 2026
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10:04Now PlayingIn 'Backtalker,' Kimberlé Crenshaw turns from political theory to personal memoir
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as posted by the channelKimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a foundational legal scholar, theorist, and Civil Rights advocate, known for coining such significant and controversial terms as intersectionality and Critical Race Theory. But what — or who — inspired her work? Crenshaw examines just this in her new memoir Backtalker, which delves into her past, and the legal cases that shined light on complex and underresearched structures of inequity. In today’s episode, Crenshaw joins NPR’s Michel Martin for a conversation about Backtalker and why, as she says, “forward momentum has always been met by retrenchment.”
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