America Quote by Audre Lorde

People expect black women to be angry, irrationally so, without reason. They think we are animals and we go around like the Wild Things.

— Claudia Rankine

We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know…

— Susan L. Taylor

“The collective, orchestrated fury of Black women can move the whole world.”

— Brittney Cooper

I have to be honest: I feel like I live in a constant state of rage, and I think a lot of black people…

— Alicia Garza

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

— Buchi Emecheta

“Black Women save lives”

— Malebo Sephodi

“The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught…

— Maya Angelou

I know black women in Tennessee who have worked all their lives, from the time they were twelve years old to the day they…

— Wilma Rudolph

Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.

— Bell Hooks

The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate…

— Jerrika Hinton

Black women care deeply about civic engagement, democracy, education, children, and justice.

— Anthea Butler

“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…

— Bell Hooks