Combahee River Collective was a group of black feminist lesbian organizations active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. They developed the Combahee River Collective Statement. They were an instrument in highlighting that the civil rights movement and the white feminist movement did not address their issues as black lesbians. They wanted to address the issues of the black lesbians since they felt that no other movement addressed them. The issues they promoted included Abortion, Rights Rape, and health care, Sterilization abuse. The Combahee River Collective investigates the relationship between racism, heterosexism, capitalism, and racism in their article “Combahee River Collective Statement.” Combahee River Collective, a group of black feminists, worked to firmly and clearly clarify their viewpoint on feminism politics, thus separating themselves from their male counterparts and white women. The activists focus on four important areas in the statement: the origins of modern Black feminism, the realm of politics, a brief history, and the group’s challenges and practices. The Combahee River Collective Statement challenges the definitions of feminism and antiracism presented by radical feminism and by Black liberation movements and openly critiques their approaches to achieving their goals.   Through this challenge, the Combahee River Collective condemned the suppression of Black women by bringing the matter to the forefront and making it unavoidable.