“IN LIFE ONE MUST LEARN HOW TO WASH THEIR OWN BACK” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“THEY STOLE YOUR STYLE BUT THEY COULDN'T STEAL YOUR GLOW ” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“The greatest act of revolution for any black woman is to put pen to paper with purpose.” — Stalina Goodwin Copy Share Image
“My heart has turned black bitumen out of the sadness, but I know it will never burn out. I will never have… — Tsholofelo Lehaha Copy Share Image
“I am courageous because, despite it all, I still choose to love.” — Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant 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
“My passion for social justice and uplifting people also serves as my inspiration.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces…” — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
“To love is to be brave. To love is to operate in your natural state.” — Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant Copy Share Image
“I want to live in a society where we are all liberated. This is what my feminism looks like” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“Fantasy like thought that no man could rain Just let her reign Run wild with her unafraid Of any rain storms They… — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
“I am a black woman. Don't look beyond me. Don't see through me. Look me in the eye. Hold my gaze. Listen… — Janet Autherine Copy Share Image
“I always questioned myself if we were ever like birds in our hearts. Were feelings ever set back home at the end… — Tsholofelo Lehaha Copy Share Image
“Some callings come to you only in memory. Some come only on the mouth of someone you trust. Some don’t need to… — Cole Arthur Riley Copy Share Image
“Each chapter in MissBehave is about navigating life as a black woman and all encounters that led me to espouse feminist ideals” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“I didn't come looking for you the day you uninvitedly appeared on my doorstep How did we go from nonchalant conversation me… — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
“Come close, be my buddy, then after a while call me nigga - it won't affect our friendship one bit. But out… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher. They all hear The speaking of the Tree. They hear… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“But that afternoon there was an orchestra playing. Music filling the brownstone. Black fingers pulling violin bows and strumming cellos, dark lips… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“They wrote, yes. But thousands could, if someone would bother to teach them. And everything they wrote was written for whites. Petitions.… — Sara Collins Copy Share Image
“Sociologically, politically, psychologically, spiritually, it was never enough for James Baldwin to categorize himself as one thing or the other: not just… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“African-American writers with an independent vision are often consigned to obscurity. The white critics can only tolerate one black writer at a… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“About the time I was 17 and graduated from high school, I went to Harlem, and that was a most beautiful place… — Oliver W. Harrington Copy Share Image
“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST… DON'T PLEAD THE 5TH WHEN YOU'VE BEEN TESTIFYING ALL DAY! SPEAK UP!” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“Reinvent yourself over and over and over and over and over until you find home. There is no timeline for the soul.” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“When a group has internalised their oppression, they may find themselves unable to imagine living without it” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“As a Black Woman, I define self-care as the ability to safely and comfortably exhale.” — Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant Copy Share Image
“NO SURROGATE CAN BIRTH YOUR GREATNESS SO LET THEM STEAL TIME WILL REVEAL” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“There is plenty of work that needs to be done by men to dismantle patriarchy” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“Whatever good you have to bring into the world will be beneficial and it will be more than enough.” — Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant Copy Share Image
“THE MOMENT YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE IS THE MOMENT YOU SPIRITUALLY KILL YOURSELF” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“LEGACY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LIVING!” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
“The depths of her thoughts will have you never wanting to surface for air...” — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
“...I am ready for a love that beats strong and incessantly -- a hummingbird type love...” — Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant Copy Share Image
