Activist Quote by Amandla Stenberg

I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women…

— Franchesca Ramsey

So many stories have been told about Black Lives Matter. The beauty of building out a decentralized network, the beauty of building out something…

— Patrisse Cullors

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

— Franchesca Ramsey

As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the…

— Chuck D

I think #BlackLivesMatter is a huge campaign that is important and integral to our advancement as a people.

— Chance The Rapper

There is much about the shared terrain of being a black person in the United States that is not seen on small or silver…

— Jenna Wortham

I think what's so powerful about Black Lives Matter is we're the first movement able to take on law enforcement and make it a…

— Patrisse Cullors

Something that people talk about a lot in the Black community is how Black women hold it up, basically, and Black women don't get…

— Nia DaCosta

I think the black community has a lot to work on internally with what they deem successful.

— Janet Hubert

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and…

— Karamo Brown

If you understand the Black Lives Matter movement, there's no central leadership of the movement. This is an organic, grassroots movement all around America.

— Cory Booker