I needed to see more from my movies than the extremely…

Movies are extremely imitative of one another. Whatever works, people will try to do it.

— Octavia E. Butler

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we…

— Wim Wenders

“Educated black women are too high maintenance, high strung, and independent—they don’t need men. There is a widening gap between the education of black…

— Issa Rae

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

— Jessica Williams

I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

— Ayanna Pressley

In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the…

— bell hooks

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

— Maya Angelou

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or…

— Pearl Cleage

It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something that we've…

— Morgan Parker

“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…

— Bell Hooks

As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the 'me too' movement you see a white female…

— Amanda Gorman

“As a Black Woman, I define self-care as the ability to safely and comfortably exhale.”

— Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant

If not for food stamps, Medicaid, and various job programs, I would never have gone on to be the first in my family to…

— Nina Turner

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

— Mike Tyson

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

— Maureen Duffy