To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater…

My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories.

— Yves Saint Laurent

“How do you know when it's me?" "Your footsteps are apologetic?" "What does that mean?" She turned, smiling wiping her hands on her long,…

— Daniel Wallace

I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black woman.

— Shola Lynch

“On-yez, where are you from, dear?' asked a black-slacked, frosted-haired woman whose skin was papery and melanomic with suntan. 'Originally.' She eyed Agnes's outfit…

— Lorrie Moore

Sometimes being a woman - a Black woman in the world - you kind of settle for less.

— Coco Gauff

I know how difficult it is to be not just a woman, but a black woman, and I know how much we get attacked…

— Angela Yee

My mother was a woman. A black woman. A single mother. Raising two kids on her own. So she was dark skinned. Had short…

— Tupac Shakur

Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She…

— Bernie Mac

Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles…

— Amber Riley

While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because…

— Audre Lorde

I'm a woman. I'm black. I am passionate. I am transparent.

— Bozoma Saint John

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

— Carol Moseley Braun

My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a…

— Michelle Singletary

I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.

— Shirley Chisholm