“Well, they asked for it," Essie said. "People should learn not to mess with the Black women.” — Lara Morgan Copy Share Image
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
“We are strong Black Women. We may not want to be, but when life calls, we got no choice” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women… — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
“US black women are three times more likely to die than white women from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and this… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
I dislike black men that bash black women. Last time I checked your Mom, your sister, your Aunt and your Grandmother are… — SONYA PARKER Copy Share Image
I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
How many thick black women are there singing whatever I'm singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can't really… — SZA Copy Share Image
“When the agents of public health lament the fact that poor black women breastfeed too little and conceive too much, they forget… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Also, I learned whether you are gay, bisexual, it doesn't matter, you know … because, at the end of the day, they're… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
We understand that, in our communities, black trans folk, gender-nonconforming folk, black queer folk, black women, black disabled folk - we have… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I don't think of God as an old white man with no belly button, nor even an old black woman with no… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
If you have a march that's entirely white women or a march that maybe is entirely black women, it's going inspire those… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
American musicals are, for the most part, about boys, or boyish pursuits and aspirations - the fantasy of freedom and resolve -… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
Whenever black women have a point, they're characterized as angry black women, and therefore the thing they're talking about is no longer… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Year after year, author/historian William Loren Katz continues to mine the lodestone of Black culture, and it is simply amazing how often… — Herb Boyd Copy Share Image
“While marriage rates for middle-class white women soared through the 1940s and 1950s, for black women, mid-twentieth century conditions were very different.… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
You have to start looking in the mirror and saying, 'this is who I am, this is what I am and this… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
“The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“i think any poem worth its salt, if poems can indeed be salty, should allow the reader to think. this poem is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The issue of redistribution of resources and wealth needs to resolved systemically, but in the meantime but there are individual spots you… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
