Black culture, to me, is so important and I identify with young black women. — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
“The collective, orchestrated fury of Black women can move the whole world.” — Brittney Cooper Copy Share Image
Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
I want to let all black women know I have no disrespect toward them at all. — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my… — Michaela Coel Copy Share Image
Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I am part of a legacy of queer black women who have fought for the freedom of black people across the globe. — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Every Black woman in America lives her life somewhere along a wide curve of ancient and unexpressed angers. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The heart of 'Truevine' is about the travails of two strong black women who agitate to get justice for their family. — Beth Macy Copy Share Image
I think many people, especially from other cultures, just don't understand the role hair plays in Black women's lives. — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Intersectionality is an analytic sensibility, a way of thinking about identity and its relationship to power. Originally articulated on behalf of black… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“Black women were beautifully created at birth. We were blessed with melanin in our skin, which makes us Exquisitely Beautiful. From the… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“That’s how it gonna be all your life,” Julia Cater told her son, and she was preaching old black wisdom, for through… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Does being practical mean we prop up a legal system that's unfair, that bears its weight down on black men and black… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many resumes we get from business schools across the country from black women and black men and… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
“Mogadishu the beautiful - your white-turbaned mosques, baskets of anchovies as bright as mercury, jazz and shuffling feet, bird-boned servant girls with… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
For a black person who's Senegalese, growing up in France, or a New York Jamaican, that's a completely different relationship with being… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
“Oddly, I had never thought of myself as a feminist. I had been denounced by certain radical feminist collectives as a ‘lackey’… — Elaine Brown Copy Share Image
“Black Girls… Stop settling for less than what you deserve. That’s why I stress self-love! There comes a time when you can… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“Black women are always the loudest when they have babies. Screaming to Jesus, usually. White women are much quieter, right up until… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
It was a good script [Something New]. We have not seen an interracial issue dealt with from a black woman and white… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
“Black Girls… Strive to be a woman of substance! Don’t solely allow your big butt, thick thighs, wide hips, large breasts, and… — Stephanie Lahart 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
As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I wanted to play roles which offered new ways of viewing black women and black people in general- and I have done… — Naomie Harris 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
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