Black women's lives have never been shown any value in…

I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives.

— Solange Knowles

Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist agendas.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

“Here, both the humblest and the most illustrious citizens alike know that nothing is owed to them and that everything has to be earned.…

— Nicolas Sarkozy Addressing Congress in 2007

I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white women, or…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which it reflects…

— Patricia Hill Collins

Black women's hair is a complicated and skillful thing that you need to know in order to tackle it and make it look great.

— Paterson Joseph

“Judge Carter sat in stony silence, completely unmoved. At the end of the trial, he pronounced King guilty of conspiracy to violate the 1921…

— Danielle L. McGuire

Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil.

— A'Lelia Bundles

“And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those words out,…

— Audre Lorde

“Some series teach us that ethnic features must be "fixed," by drastic means if necessary. Plastic surgeons with questionable ethics give insecure women of…

— Jennifer L. Pozner

Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where…

— Patricia Hill Collins

American musicals are, for the most part, about boys, or boyish pursuits and aspirations - the fantasy of freedom and resolve - and those…

— Hilton Als

I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In…

— Patricia Hill Collins

Black women voted against Roy Moore not because they necessarily wanted the other guy; they voted against Roy Moore because they knew that would…

— Patrisse Cullors