To her credit, Madam Walker discerned that black women wanted to conform to white Victorian models of beauty. She was aware of… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm not particular about makeup, but when I do wear it, I am partial to Fenty. That is what I own. I… — Indya Moore Copy Share Image
“She was black, too, or rather, a delicious shade of café au lait, and this, we were constantly told, represented progression an… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Black women, white women- all of them. I'm colorblind. I don't know the difference. I only know you're a human being and… — Moms Mabley Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it,… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
As a strong and proud and intelligent Black man I have no problem expressing my respect for and adoration of the Black… — Runoko Rashidi Copy Share Image
When you think about what Black women have meant to us Black women have always been our guide. Black women have always… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
There's a dearth of media around young black women and certainly a dearth of LGBT media for people of color. — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I come from a proud, Black family, and generations of proud, Black women. So I've always grown up with that special armor,… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
In reality, black women, women of color, are powerful, bold, dynamic, and self-assured, so there's no reason their TV counterparts shouldn't be… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and… — Bessie Coleman Copy Share Image
I've just been flooded with emails of people just giving testimonies of their lives, saying exactly this. I got an email from… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I wish I could be the black woman Soderbergh, and put the camera on my shoulder and shoot beautifully while I directed. — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the… — Mamphela Ramphele Copy Share Image
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism… — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, there are different paths to greatness. And I feel like we don't hear that message enough,… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
