“The collective, orchestrated fury of Black women can move the whole world.” — Brittney Cooper Copy Share Image
When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Black women in music are always expected to sing R&B or soul: we are always boxed in. — Bree Runway Copy Share Image
If you see a black woman with an overweight white man, you know she got effed up credit! — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I think most Black women are funny. Whether we get credit or not, we just are; we're hilarious. — Janelle James Copy Share Image
Black men should be with Black women. And they should love and honor them. — Runoko Rashidi Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed,… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I enjoy that the most powerful person in Hollywood is indeed a Black woman in Oprah Winfrey. I'm hoping to just transcend… — Joseph McGinty Nichol Copy Share Image
Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that… — Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Copy Share Image
“I am Stephanie Lahart! An intelligent, empowered, and confident Black Queen. Purposely Fearless!” — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Black women have a kind of advantage over white women in the workplace. They go in prepared to face some discrimination, so… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
Under slavery, families were ripped apart, and it was a desire of black men and black women to be together with their… — Derrick Grayson Copy Share Image
Although the civil-rights movement did a lot to change how black life was dramatized on the American stage in the fifties and… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
There’s something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It’s a different perspective. It is… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Our society's framework for black women reads as such: strong, indignant and fiercely independent with endless resilience; a myriad of expectations entirely… — Jerrika Hinton Copy Share Image
In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw 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
Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“As a black man Al, who went through the Civil rights fight in the 60s just like you did, and saw the… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1847, workers were imported from China to Cuba, to replace the rebelling black slaves in the sugar fields. It was… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Tripping business started in Africa. Long time ago, long long time ago, white man went to Africa. And he saw all these… — The Players Club Copy Share Image
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high… — Ayesha Curry Copy Share Image
The inspiration for this movie [Something New] was this Newsweek article that came out a couple of years ago that talks about… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“Black women are always the loudest when they have babies. Screaming to Jesus, usually. White women are much quieter, right up until… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“What else must we do and say? What else must the oppressed do for a taste of freedom?” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
I feel truly blessed to be one of the many black women who are leading ladies on television. — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
![“WE [black women] HAVE ADAPTED TO A SOCIETY THAT DOES'NT HONOR US.” quote by Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b2f/iyanla-vanzant-557_adapted_we-black-women-have-adapted-to-a-society_2866623.png)
![“The inspiration for this movie [Something New] was this Newsweek article that came out a couple of years ago that talks about 42.4 percent of black women in America aren't married. Black women are shooting up the corporate ladder way faster than our black male counterparts. And (black men) are…” quote by Sanaa Lathan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a63/sanaa-lathan-12439_america_the-inspiration-for-this-movie-something_788920.jpg)
