Black Quote by Barbara Smith

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

— Dorothy Height

Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.

— Michaela Angela Davis

“Black woman are rarely allowed their femininity.”

— Roxane Gay

“Black women are rarely allowed their femininity.”

— Roxane Gay

You rarely see a musical being told about the life of a black woman.

— LaChanze

Well-behaved women seldom make history.

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Black women's lives have never been shown any value in America.

— Patrisse Cullors

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having…

— Susan L. Taylor

Black women are the most passionate commentators, and even as black female geeks and nerds, they are rarely acknowledged.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of…

— Audre Lorde

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 are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and…

— Audre Lorde