We are going to do extensive market research because it is hard for black women to go into stores and get clothes… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism… — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype.… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
'Moesha' is very strong in my brain. The black women on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' are very strong in my brain. — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Black women have never embraced feminism. They didn't embrace it in the '50s and '60s; they're not embracing it now. That's not… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
There still aren't many black women on prime-time TV. Times are changing, but it's interesting: we're in 2013 and still experiencing firsts...… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
There's no way I can represent for everyone. I can't represent for all women or all big women or all black women.… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
We know the road of lack of recognition, of people telling us that we can't headline a movie because black women don't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“We stared at each other in silence until she looked away. I won. I always won, because I had my daddy’s eyes… — Jaguar Jonez Copy Share Image
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
We've got to have a legacy of leadership. We've got to bring along with us a generation of black women who are… — Jewell Jackson McCabe Copy Share Image
The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
“I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the… — Allan Dare Pearce Copy Share Image
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different… — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman. — Alessandra Stanley Copy Share Image
As Black women, we know that there's an expectation of us to fail in some way. So we have to work a… — Myha'la Copy Share Image
Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's really not enough to just have black women. A really good idea could be to comment on how they are treated… — Lea DeLaria Copy Share Image
My hope is that 'Blk Girl Soldier' is a freedom song for black women today who are fighting the macro- and microaggressions… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us.… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
People say I'm into black women. Robert De Niro is into black women. I'm just into women who are real, and they… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
“She went to him. She adjusted, became a quieter more subdued person. She didn't kill, but she seemed to die a little.” — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
In reality, black women, women of color, are powerful, bold, dynamic, and self-assured, so there's no reason their TV counterparts shouldn't be… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
More black women are in the professional-managerial field, and they don't want to look like the guys sitting next to them in… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
“I told the priest my god is a black woman he poured holy water on me and scheduled me for an exorcism” — Ijeoma Umebinyuo Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I don't think that not seeing black women in comedy held me back, but I think subconsciously I never really thought that… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
