Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance. — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
“This Book is Dedicated to Black Girls Everywhere. You are Powerful. You are Beautiful. You are Loved.” — Daniel José Older Copy Share Image
The first black girl book I fell in love with was most likely 'Please, Puppy, Please' by Spike Lee and Tonya Lee. — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
Black girls, I feel, rock, in so many ways, especially coming from five girls. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist,… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
It's true that not every day a little black girl in a low-income family from a segregated steel town makes the runoff… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to… — Jodie Turner-Smith Copy Share Image
Plus I'm gettin that money, I can throw some stacks girl, famous in the hood u can post me in a black… — OJ Da Juiceman Copy Share Image
It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
“Team Light Skin? No. Team Dark Skin? No. Team Brown Skin? No. TEAM MELANIN… Black Women and Black Girls are Exquisite Beauty… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
“I never know which Starr I should be. I can use some slang, but not too much slang, some attitude, but not… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my mother used to say, 'Don't ever bring no nappy-head Black girl to my house.' In the… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
As you know, I'm a black girl out of the projects of New York City, raised in a single parent home because… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
Most girls spend most of their time at school. If real change comes from hearing our voices, it has to start in… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
“But when I leave? It happens again. The shattering. And this makes me wonder if a black girl's life is only about… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
The truth is, for me, when I was a young black girl who knew I was different, was watching TV, I would… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
My view is I should have been Miss Massillonian, and I wasn't. I think the reason I wasn't was because I was… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, the hardest part for me was that when I looked around I didn't see anyone who looked… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
“Optimistic, because even though the year of Obama's birth Herbert Lee, a black farmer with nine children, was shot in the head… — Faith Adiele Copy Share Image
Can't Believe It (feat. Pitbull) Damn that white girl got some ass I can't believe it White girl got some ass I… — Corey Justice Crew Whitmore Copy Share Image
“I just have to be normal Starr at normal Williamson and have a normal day. That means flipping the switch in my… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
“Williamson Starr doesn't use slang - if a rapper would say it, she doesn't say it, even if her white friends do.… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Yet this incarnation of the Black male endangerment narrative does more than ignore women and girls. In a patriarchal society in which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Black Privilege is a concrete motive which gives a black straight male or black female the benefits and opportunities in life and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to go backwards on our reproductive rights, we must legislate love, we must legislate justice for Black girls and… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I read this book when I was young. It's about a black girl growing up in Heaven, Ohio. The cover has a… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the… — Lauren London Copy Share Image
For readers of color, and especially black readers, black girls, I just want them to feel seen. And not just seen -… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
It's important to read books and see people who look like you. It helps you know that you are not the only… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
Obviously, I can't tell the story of what it is to be a black girl, but maybe I can tell something else.… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
I think now I get to create and inspire more young black girls to continue doing what they love and reach for… — Marsai Martin Copy Share Image
Once, I was doing Bon Qui Qui in Miami, and this black girl was in the audience, and she yelled out, 'That's… — Anjelah Johnson Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing, 'You're pretty for a black girl,' 'You speak well for a black girl...' I was really bookish. I… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
