Kimberlé Crenshaw

Professor of Law and Civil Rights Activist

Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American law professor, civil rights activist, and scholar. She is a professor of law at Columbia Law School and has written extensively on issues of race, gender, and intersectionality. Crenshaw is a prominent advocate for the concept of intersectionality, which she helped to popularize in the 1980s. She has also been a vocal critic of systemic racism and police brutality.