# Event Details - **Event Name**: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: presenting Backtalker: An American MemoirAbout this EventHarvard Book Store welcomes Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw—Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum—for a discussion of her new book, Backtalker: An American Memoir.TicketingThere are two ticket options for this event.Book-Included Tickets: Includes admission for one and one hardcover copy of Backtalker pre-signed by the author.Admission-Only Tickets: Includes admission for one.Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.About BacktalkerOne of the most influential public intellectuals in the world and the architect of the two biggest ideas to reshape the American conversation about fairness offers the intimate story of how her life gave birth to these ideas.It is not very often that someone comes along and permanently reshapes the way Americans think about two of the most important issues of the day. In this case: race and gender. But that is what Kimberlé Crenshaw did when she articulated two concepts that would forever change national and global debates about equality: intersectionality and critical race theory.Backtalker is the powerful and intimate story of how a little girl from Canton, Ohio, came up with a new way to look at the world. Crenshaw’s memoir traces the way her lived experience made her see things others didn’t as the daughter of a strong-minded teacher and a pathbreaking public servant, and as the sister of a protective, yet bullying older brother. She starts to talk back, and that backtalking has continued throughout her life. It happens when she is denied a role in the kindergarten school play. When she is escorted to the back door of a private club. When Anita Hill is exiled for testifying against Clarence Thomas. When OJ Simpson goes on trial. When Obama launches My Brother’s Keeper, a movement focused on boys of color only. When the movement against police violence overlooks Black women. Crenshaw is there for all of it.In the vein of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Bryan Stevenson, Crenshaw evokes each time and place like a gifted novelist with extreme honesty and specificity, making her book a series of awe-inspiring, deep revelations. As a result of her work, Crenshaw has become a force to be reckoned with across America—at schools, in the workplace, at dinner tables, and, of course, in our public square.BioKimberlé W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, race, racism, and the law. She was a founder and has been a leader in the intellectual movement called Critical Race Theory and is also known for introducing and developing the concept of intersectionality. She is a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and the cofounder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum. Crenshaw writes regularly for The New Republic, The Nation, and Ms., hosts the podcast Intersectionality Matters!, and has appeared as a commentator on media outlets including MSNBC and NPR.Masking PolicyMasks are encouraged but not required for this event. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/kimberlé-williams-crenshaw-at-the-brattle-theatre/100001985449862987 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, theatre, business, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 13.59, max: 42.99, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: The Brattle Theatre - **lat**: 42.3735648 - **long**: -71.121443 - **full address**: The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/a860221f11c7a5e222bedde7af492a99b4e9c80a705c9aed34c74542614a4855-rimg-w1200-h600-dcd1d4d7-gmir.jpg?v=1774153960 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre being held? - **A:** Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre takes place on Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre? - **A:** Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw at The Brattle Theatre is organized by Harvard Book Store. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Harvard Book Store's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Harvard Book Store a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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