In an American social environment in crisis that has inherited the patriarchal system and the strict moralism of the 17th century Puritans, how should feminism be perceived as a movement and a strategy of struggle for the total emancipation of women, supposedly victims of phallocracy or institutional machismo? In other words, in this context of social crisis, is feminism a simple movement of social demands or rather a rebellion against the patriarchal system? The relevance of this topic lies in the fact that it allows for a trial of the direction taken by feminists in a social environment where everything is already pre-established in terms of social norm. These investigations are based on three essential axes. The first approaches the concepts of norm and African-American feminism. The second axis analyzes the social status of the African-American woman in a macho American society. The last axis deals with the problematic, the questioning of the scope of the actions carried out by the followers of radical black feminism in particular.