“Audre Lorde once stated, “I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I had read them and congratulated myself for being black, as if I had chosen to be, because black women were feminists… — Carleen Brice Copy Share Image
We know the road of lack of recognition, of people telling us that we can't headline a movie because black women don't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
...black women write differently from white women. This is the most marked difference of all those combinations of black and white, male… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
You can never have enough reinforcements, resources for black women to thrive in the world. The topic has been addressed a million… — Kelela Copy Share Image
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“Blacks complained that most leaders were white, which was true. Feminists complained that most all were men, which was also true. Soon… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to… — Septima Poinsette Clark Copy Share Image
Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us.… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
Allowing the big dogs to create a toll lane for public education, public interest and government programming, and to make it more… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Ever since the romantic comedy-drama 'She's Gotta Have It' antagonized black women and black men in 1986, Spike Lee's films have enjoyed… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
I started writing because I got so frustrated that there weren't enough plays that had roles for young black women in them. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Stay away from any place where you can run into police—that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black… — Imbolo Mbue Copy Share Image
“As a black man Al, who went through the Civil rights fight in the 60s just like you did, and saw the… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I would love to play Aaliyah. For all the things that black women go through in this industry, telling her story would… — Meagan Good Copy Share Image
When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe. — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
History is a continuum, it's not these separate moments. That's how we look at it. In the 1700s in Virginia before there… — Titus Kaphar Copy Share Image
Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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