I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
To get your flowers in real time is something that doesn't often happen to us, being Black and women. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, there are different paths to greatness. And I feel like we don't hear that message enough,… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe that Christianity trains black people, especially black women, to think like slaves, and I believe that Islam is mainly fueled… — Kola Boof 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
Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and… — Beverly Daniel Tatum Copy Share Image
“Black women had in fact already made some of the very points for which Friedan was being hailed.” — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
My mother really held the family together. She was a perfect example of the kind of black woman I would love to… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't think that there are as many black women or women of color becoming psychiatrists, so we can't find them and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Even in reality shows, how they look at black women like they're the monsters - snatching wigs, and weaves and wigs, weaves… — Marsai Martin Copy Share Image
For generations, Black women have been at the very center of social change. Our fingerprints can be found on every movement from… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
As a little girl, my destiny was stamped onto the canvas of my imagination at 5 years old. I was watching soaps… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
Growing up, I didn't receive the representation that I wanted so badly. I was always looking out for black characters - black… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it,… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“Black Girls… Until you get enough of what you’re going through, no matter what advice a person gives you, you’ll continue to… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I've just been flooded with emails of people just giving testimonies of their lives, saying exactly this. I got an email from… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
“If the denunciation of male privilege, sexism and rape culture is not at the center of our quest for racial justice, then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In America, and no doubt elsewhere, we have such a tendency toward the segregation of cultural products. This is a black book,… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
“But when they are carrying out investigatory or pretext stops, they are much more likely to stop black and other minority drivers:… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
“Women in general, and African American women in particular, are still separated by a veil, albeit an invisible one. As long as… — Patricia Dixon Copy Share Image
As I got to know the people of the Civil Rights Movement, I realized... I am the hopeful black woman who was… — Common Copy Share Image
Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility. — Nicole Ari Parker Copy Share Image
Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot… — Amber Riley Copy Share Image
My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and… — Moms Mabley Copy Share Image
I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people.… — Naomi Campbell Copy Share Image
There's a dearth of media around young black women and certainly a dearth of LGBT media for people of color. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough… — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
Black women's hair is a complicated and skillful thing that you need to know in order to tackle it and make it… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us. — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
Specifically for black women, our images and our bodies in the media and in history have been so hypersexualized. — Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Copy Share Image
Lord, I never seen blue hair on a black woman before or since. Leroy say you look like a cracker from outer… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
