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born 1947 United States

Cheryl L. Clarke (born Washington DC, May 16, 1947) is a lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist.

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For a woman to be a lesbian in a male-supremacist, capitalist, misogynist, racist, homophobic, imperialist culture, such at that of North America, is an act of resistance.

Lately, I find myself even more committed to feminism, especially for young women. I see it as something that could possibly save one’s life.

Interview with Feministing (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cheryl Clarke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.