I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting. — Anne Spencer Copy Share Image
A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted. — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ever work or demand the ballot for the Negro and… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers? — Sammy Davis, Jr Copy Share Image
I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
“With this law in place, White enslavers could now reap financial reward from relations “upon a negro woman.” But they wanted to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
“I disconnected myself to shield myself from people who would sway to my songs in the club and call me 'nigger' in… — Lena Horne Copy Share Image