Riveting and revelatory, Backtalker: An American Memoir traces the arc of a life lived at the intersection of history and ideas that have been central to fights for justice, equality, and democracy all over the world for nearly five decades. A book born out of Crenshaw's labor of love, Backtalker makes it abundantly clear that in order for us to get free we must take seriously our encounter with the world, with culture, and with the embodied knowledge that has been passed down through generations as means of resistance against inequality, fascism, and illiberal democracy.