I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black… — Shola Lynch Copy Share Image
I was raised by a woman and I'm the middle child of two sisters who are young Black women. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
I want to let all black women know I have no disrespect toward them at all. — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
We always see strong women. We often see strong black women. We rarely see messy, fragile black women. — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
The fact is that it was bourgeois white feminism that I was reacting against when I stood in my first women's studies… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Somebody will be upset and say I got rich and deserted my female people; No offense, but the only black woman I… — Taye Diggs Copy Share Image
Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
When I was at Baylor, I wasn't fully happy because I couldn't be all the way out. It feels so good saying… — Brittney Griner Copy Share Image
-When I was growing up, Lieutenant Uhura was a major role model for me, a strong black woman on the bridge of… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to… — Septima Poinsette Clark Copy Share Image
“No, I’m NOT Team Light Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Dark Skin. No, I’m NOT Team Brown Skin. I’m Team Melanin because… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was this explosion of B television. 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air,' you have 'Family Matters,' 'A Different World.' I… — Adrienne C. Moore Copy Share Image
“The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical… — Abigail Padgett Copy Share Image
When you say 'the man of the house,' the black woman has been the woman and the man of the house, because… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
While it is important that black women begin to receive the accolades and assistance they are due from the Democratic Party, they… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Miquita and I get so frustrated going into beauty shops that are supposed to cater for Black women and being met by… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing… — Spike Lee 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
Katherine Johnson never complained, it just was what it was. She just said, "I just wanted to go to work and do… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“I write for... I wish I could write purely for fun – I wish I could wake up in the morning and… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“She was black, too, or rather, a delicious shade of café au lait, and this, we were constantly told, represented progression an… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Shadows of Hope In the quiet neighborhood of Saint-Michel, nestled within the vibrant city of Montreal, lived Maria, a single mother of… — Michella Augusta Copy Share Image
“...enslaved black males were socialized by white folks to believe that they should endeabor to become patriarchs by seeking to attain the… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“STRONG” because that is what black women are supposed to be in America.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I'm thankful that l I have an amazing family, black women that raised me. — LeToya Luckett Copy Share Image
Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women. — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
