The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength. — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive. — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black. — Ayana Mathis 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
I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I've been having a 20-plus year conversation with black women, starting with 'Girlfriends,' moving through 'The Game,' 'Being Mary Jane,' even 'Sparkle.' — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
If power is abstraction, which many black men, black women, and people of color have very little voice in, well, then I… — Mark Bradford Copy Share Image
I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives. — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
The heart of 'Truevine' is about the travails of two strong black women who agitate to get justice for their family. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
Let me state here and now that the black woman in America can justly be described as a 'slave of a slave. — Frances M. Beal Copy Share Image
There are not many of us African American Sister Presidents, and those of us who are in this field do not have… — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's… — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many resumes we get from business schools across the country from black women and black men and… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
Does being practical mean we prop up a legal system that's unfair, that bears its weight down on black men and black… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
“Mogadishu the beautiful - your white-turbaned mosques, baskets of anchovies as bright as mercury, jazz and shuffling feet, bird-boned servant girls with… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
“That’s how it gonna be all your life,” Julia Cater told her son, and she was preaching old black wisdom, for through… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“Educated black women are too high maintenance, high strung, and independent—they don’t need men. There is a widening gap between the education… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's more acceptable or if black men are more comfortable. Black men certainly are more comfortable with it.… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
“Audre Lorde once stated, “I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions… — Roxane Gay 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
When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Many black women also kept guns within easy reach. But it is important to mention that women & their use of guns… — Charles E. Cobb Copy Share Image
There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience? — Danai Gurira Copy Share Image
Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future. — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
“Black Women and Black Girls are Exquisite Beauty in EVERY Shade.” — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women. — Dennis Rodman Copy Share Image
I just feel Black women, we get slept on a lot and people don't recognize our greatness in our curls and in… — Ari Lennox Copy Share Image
I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women… — Elizabeth Catlett Copy Share Image
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