Every day Black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. Every day Black women die because the… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Specifically for black women, our images and our bodies in the media and in history have been so hypersexualized. — Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Copy Share Image
Lord, I never seen blue hair on a black woman before or since. Leroy say you look like a cracker from outer… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
What did it mean for a black woman to be an artist in our grandmothers' time? In our great-grandmothers' day? It is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Black women usually don't get the luxury of faking their way through life and still succeeding, but when a white guy does… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
“When the agents of public health lament the fact that poor black women breastfeed too little and conceive too much, they forget… — Gabrielle Palmer 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 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
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
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
I love women - all types, all colors, petite, plus size. But in particular, I was raised by black women, and I… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice. — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
There are some universal elements when it comes to motherhood - especially for Black moms. Black women are selfless. Many women think… — Tichina Arnold 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
Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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 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
... 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
Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
For black women our sense of ourselves is not always consistent with the way other people see us. — Jami Floyd Copy Share Image
Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Black women's hair is a complicated and skillful thing that you need to know in order to tackle it and make it… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough… — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major… — Teyonah Parris Copy Share Image
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood. — Patricia Hill Collins 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
“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
I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and… — Mari Evans Copy Share Image
Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I truly believe those closest to the pain are closest to the solution, and black women will lead us to the solutions… — The Women's March Organizers Copy Share Image
I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's… — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
