I was always treated older than I am when I was a kid, so I had to be like, 'No, I'm sweet,'… — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
I think it's important to represent black women and our natural hair. Not wearing a weave is totally beautiful and acceptable. — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Black women on TV in the media and I feel like we look different, but we also still… — Ayo Edebiri Copy Share Image
It's important for the world to see black women as not just the suffering wife or haggard mother. — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
If the Black woman is a queen, and I believe that she is, why would I settle for something less than royal? — Runoko Rashidi Copy Share Image
“Black women have suffered more coercion into sterilisation or the use of riskier forms of contraception.30” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I definitely am drawn to strong females who are successful, smart women because I am a woman like that. I think it's… — Megalyn Echikunwoke 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
Many think, because your skins are tinged with a sable hue, that you are an inferior race of beings; but God does… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
When I was coming up, we didn't have the movement of Black Girl Magic or Black Girls Rock, but my parents made… — Naturi Naughton 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
I guarantee that the seed you plant in love, not matter how small, will grow into a mighty tree of refuge. We… — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
“And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“When we dare to speak in a liberatory voice, we threaten even those who may initially claim to want our words. In… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“She’s an original! She doesn’t need to compete, copy, or envy other women. The confidence that’s within her won’t allow her to… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
There are more than 100 million African women who go topless at some point in the day, each and every day, to… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
“Some of my Black sistas don’t know any better, so I’d like to give them some enlightening food-for-thought. Many of them are… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“When we leave the realm of cinema, it is obvious that the dynamics of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy---which has historically represented black… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“If women, as a gender, must suffer the constant evaluations and denigrations of men, black women must suffer that, plus a broad… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Some series teach us that ethnic features must be "fixed," by drastic means if necessary. Plastic surgeons with questionable ethics give insecure… — Jennifer L. Pozner Copy Share Image
We always see strong women. We often see strong black women. We rarely see messy, fragile black women. — Simone Missick Copy Share Image
My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive. — Kelela Copy Share Image
I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“She went to him. She adjusted, became a quieter more subdued person. She didn't kill, but she seemed to die a little.” — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
People say I'm into black women. Robert De Niro is into black women. I'm just into women who are real, and they… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
More black women are in the professional-managerial field, and they don't want to look like the guys sitting next to them in… — Linda Johnson Rice 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'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
“I told the priest my god is a black woman he poured holy water on me and scheduled me for an exorcism” — Ijeoma Umebinyuo Copy Share Image
Some black filmmakers will say, "I don't want to be considered a black filmmaker, I'm a filmmaker." I don't think that. I'm… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Black women are the most passionate commentators, and even as black female geeks and nerds, they are rarely acknowledged. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
