“Shadows of Hope In the quiet neighborhood of Saint-Michel, nestled within the vibrant city of Montreal, lived Maria, a single mother of… — Michella Augusta Copy Share Image
There was something about Beyoncé that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I was in a number of school plays, one in particular, when I was 13 or 14, entitled 'Illusions.' It was put… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste. — Sarah Vaughan Copy Share Image
[On being first black woman to earn a PhD in economics and first black woman admitted to Pennsylvania bar:] I never looked… — Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Copy Share Image
“The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical… — Abigail Padgett Copy Share Image
“Many black women also kept guns within easy reach. But it is important to mention that women & their use of guns… — Charles E. Cobb Copy Share Image
Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor… — Matthew Desmond 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
“Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African.… — idowu koyenikan Copy Share Image
I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black… — Shola Lynch Copy Share Image
My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high… — Ayesha Curry Copy Share Image
“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret)… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
I just feel so much joy and gratitude that people have connected to it in this way. The biggest reward that I… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
The saddest fact I've learned is nobody matters less to our society than young black women. Nobody. — Jim DeRogatis Copy Share Image
The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I don't think of God as an old white man with no belly button, nor even an old black woman with no… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
When I started, it was all meter maids or the sassy nurse, or the sassy receptionist in the hospital. And I felt… — Retta Copy Share Image
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
Growing up, there was this explosion of B television. 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air,' you have 'Family Matters,' 'A Different World.' I… — Adrienne C. Moore Copy Share Image
Realize that saying all black men are the same is just as ignorant as saying that all black women are the same.… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I dislike black men that bash black women. Last time I checked your Mom, your sister, your Aunt and your Grandmother are… — SONYA PARKER Copy Share Image
How many thick black women are there singing whatever I'm singing, surrounded by rappers, but also from the suburbs? I can't really… — SZA Copy Share Image
