When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
The truth is there are two hundred white women raped in America by a black man for every one black woman raped… — David Duke Copy Share Image
“And the lives of these old black women were synthesized in their eyes- a puree of tragedy and humor, wickedness and serenity,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When we look at the Democratic Party, Black women have been the backbone of the Democratic Party. — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I have never felt the grips of patriarchy and its need to erase black women and our labor... so strongly until the… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I was determined to make a movie - about families and a love story - that black women would be proud to… — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I think society perpetuates a lot of mixed messages about what it means to be beautiful for all women, but especially for… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
There are Black women who die while trying to give life to newborns because Black people are always overlooked, under-cared-for, underprivileged. It's… — August Alsina Copy Share Image
Look at Michelle Obama. Everyone keeps making a big deal about her arms being exposed, but don't get it twisted: her arms… — LaTanya Richardson Copy Share Image
Black women I'm talking to you, because it's not white women, it's not Latino, it's not Native American - I checked, it's… — Summer Walker Copy Share Image
My father was at the forefront of the economic justice movement - fighting for and with Black women who were on welfare… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
It's very necessary, showing the positive aspect of a black father. We see a lot of black women being the head of… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about what a black lady would think about what I'm doing, just because I feel like they have such… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Miquita and I get so frustrated going into beauty shops that are supposed to cater for Black women and being met by… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
“Yet this incarnation of the Black male endangerment narrative does more than ignore women and girls. In a patriarchal society in which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black women must help black men understand their full potential lies not in denying black women full access to their humanity and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“The more obsessed with personal identity campus liberals become, the less willing they become to engage in reasoned political debate. Over the… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
History is a continuum, it's not these separate moments. That's how we look at it. In the 1700s in Virginia before there… — Titus Kaphar Copy Share Image
I have 90 percent or 95 percent support in the African American community and it's not sort of "Well, he's black, so… — Barack Obama 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
“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
“I've sat listening at the feet of enough Black women to know they all deserve to tell their own stories. But here… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
“Team Light Skin? No. Team Dark Skin? No. Team Brown Skin? No. TEAM MELANIN… Black Women and Black Girls are Exquisite Beauty… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
We should be able to get better, even if it's in the public eye - which a lot of our counterparts who… — Nia DaCosta 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
“In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had… — Nadifa Mohamed Copy Share Image
It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women… — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm in favor of protecting the rights of everybody: gay, black, women, what have you, American Indians. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire. — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Through Miss Behave I am attempting to reclaim my voice one word at a time and live my truth to the best… — Malebo Sephodi 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
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
“US black women are three times more likely to die than white women from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and this… — Gabrielle Palmer 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
I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to… — Septima Poinsette Clark Copy Share Image
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed,… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image