Black women Quotes · Page 15

Black women deserve equal pay for equal work.

— Raphael Warnock

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all…

— Nikki Giovanni

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

— Donna Brazile

We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in…

— Jimmy Carter

I think black women feel an obligatory pressure to be stronger than everybody else, not necessarily to suppress the pain.

— Logan Browning

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk…

— Hill Harper

There have been countless Black women who have been unfortunately mistreated, blackballed, looked over.

— Quinta Brunson

I am shocked. It's upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people.…

— Naomi Campbell

I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have…

— Shonda Rhimes

The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is…

— Ben Aaronovitch

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.

— Nicole Ari Parker

I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm…

— Wanda Sykes

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

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get…

— Janet Jackson

“The women work because the white folks give them jobs—washing dishes and clothes and floors and windows. The women work because for…

— Ann Petry

I don't think that not seeing black women in comedy held me back, but I think subconsciously I never really thought that…

— Lolly Adefope

And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and…

— Sojourner Truth

I like the idea of having historical films about black women who are just having fun.

— Nia DaCosta

Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of…

— Ruby Dee

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women…

— Bozoma Saint John

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women…

— Elizabeth Catlett

Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who…

— Cicely Tyson

There are not many of us African American Sister Presidents, and those of us who are in this field do not have…

— Johnnetta B. Cole

“Oddly, I had never thought of myself as a feminist. I had been denounced by certain radical feminist collectives as a ‘lackey’…

— Elaine Brown

No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I…

— Faith Ringgold