Black women Quote by Alicia Garza

I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of race and…

— Angela Davis

I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not…

— Patrisse Cullors

“The move to render the presence of lesbians and gay men invisible in the intricate fabric of Black existence and survival is a move…

— Audre Lorde

We have a rich tradition when it comes to Black folk... using their influence to effectuate real change.

— Jasmine Crockett

I think it's really important to champion stories from trans women and trans women of color. That demographic has gone unheard and unsupported for…

— Rhys Ernst

I do definitely get boxed into this #BlackGirlMagic social activist category. But it makes me think, "Well, maybe people are able to start thinking…

— Amandla Stenberg

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all praises), the…

— Nikki Giovanni

As a Black woman filmmaker I feel that’s my job: visibility. And my preference within that job is Black subjectivity. Meaning I’m interested in…

— Ava DuVernay

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of…

— Bell Hooks

Trans activism in the US has most frequently been grassroots, centered on poverty and criminalization, and often oppositional to the exclusionary "mainstreaming" threads in…

— Dean Spade

We want to make sure people know deeply about the trans community and deeply about Black Lives Matter so that people can act in…

— Van Jones

We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture,…

— Anais Nin