People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production. — Laura Harrier Copy Share Image
I was raised by a woman and I'm the middle child of two sisters who are young Black women. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country. — Meena Harris 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
The Black woman is the most unprotected, unloved woman on earth...she is the only flower on earth...that grows unwatered. — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us. — Evelyn Boyd Granville Copy Share Image
“We were about to make love in the same bed I shared with my husband, and the extent of our immorality was… — Jaguar Jonez Copy Share Image
“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
My hope is that 'Blk Girl Soldier' is a freedom song for black women today who are fighting the macro- and microaggressions… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
It's really not enough to just have black women. A really good idea could be to comment on how they are treated… — Lea DeLaria 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
I always considered myself bi-racial, because I didn't want to disconnect from either side, and I felt very strongly about that. Now,… — Brooklyn Sudano Copy Share Image
Even if you meet the perfect person, it ain’t gonna be at the perfect time. You’re married, they’re single. That’s right. You’re… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm… — Wanda Sykes 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
There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman.… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
I think I better understand why some folk didn't want Black women to vote, because it is hard to get one by… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
We live in a highly industrialized society and every member of the Black nation must be as academically and technologically developed as… — Frances M. Beal Copy Share Image
“black women were working all day (often scrubbing the homes of white women), it was impossible for them also to fulfill the… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“The crude communal myth about black men is that we are in some manner unavailable to black women—either jailed, dead, gay, or… — Ta-Nehisi Coates 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
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as… — Bell Hooks 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
“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
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“Well, they asked for it," Essie said. "People should learn not to mess with the Black women.” — Lara Morgan Copy Share Image
“Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.” — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you. — Josephine Baker Copy Share Image
