“Pick that chin up and adjust your crown, Queen! Life has its disappointments and challenges, but you’ve got faith, strength, perseverance, and… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
“Melanin is an incomparable beauty. From the lightest to the darkest skin tone, Black women and Black girls are exquisite beauty in… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they… — Fannie Barrier Williams 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
I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone. — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
“She was dark-complexioned, with full lips and high cheekbones set gracefully on a smooth face—reminiscent of the beautiful women he admired while… — David L. Wadley Copy Share Image
I love African American women, but I just don't like my skin complexion. — Kodak Black Copy Share Image
“Black Girls… Stop settling for less than what you deserve. That’s why I stress self-love! There comes a time when you can… — Stephanie Lahart 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
In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film. — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
