I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and… — Bessie Coleman Copy Share Image
The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde. — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To see another fat girl on television, I think, is really powerful. I'm happy to open the doors for a younger generation… — Nicole Byer Copy Share Image
A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
If you go to a network and say, "I wanna do prison stories about black women and Latino women and old women,"… — Jenji Kohan Copy Share Image
Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
For a black person who's Senegalese, growing up in France, or a New York Jamaican, that's a completely different relationship with being… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
“Stay away from any place where you can run into police—that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black… — Imbolo Mbue Copy Share Image
Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“She’s an original! She doesn’t need to compete, copy, or envy other women. The confidence that’s within her won’t allow her to… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“When we leave the realm of cinema, it is obvious that the dynamics of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy---which has historically represented black… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“If women, as a gender, must suffer the constant evaluations and denigrations of men, black women must suffer that, plus a broad… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Some series teach us that ethnic features must be "fixed," by drastic means if necessary. Plastic surgeons with questionable ethics give insecure… — Jennifer L. Pozner Copy Share Image
The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
“Asian men are frequently emasculated in the media, or presented as sexless props, for comedic relief. Oh, if only they could absorb… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
History tells us that we must keep fighting in order to see progress, so we must continue. And electing Democratic pro-choice Black… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in… — Hazel Scott Copy Share Image
Let’s just say it’s not a stereotype that Black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around them Black… — Taye Diggs Copy Share Image
I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think Beyonce working to really empower and show the grace and beauty and intelligence in young black women is really beautiful. — Selah Louise Marley Copy Share Image
I don't know how me having a conversation with Tomi Lahren all of a sudden turned into me hating black women. — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
It's black women as perpetual sidekick. We need to hear from more women's voices. And it would be nice to see some… — Cheryl Lynn Copy Share Image
I am lucky to be in a field where I can wear my hair the way I want, and the apostrophe in… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
As an actor, my commitment is to be really mindful of how I'm representing Black women. It's the heart of my drive,… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
