Ruminations on twenty-five years of Patricia Hill Collins's Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge,Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment

My review focuses on the impact that Black Feminist Thought has had on my personal and professional life. I weave together lessons I have learned from Patricia Hill Collins with reflections on my own lived experience – from my family of origin to college experiences to my work as the founding director of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers.