Black Quote by Bell Hooks

When I look at American history, I see how it has been driven by resistance and protest against a system that has been oppressive…

— Jamaal Bowman

“Patriarchal hip-hop ushered in a world where black males could declare that they were “keeping it real” when what they were really doing was…

— bell hooks

There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends in the…

— Jeff Sessions

The institutionalization of Black Studies, Feminist Studies, all of these things, led to a sense that the struggle was over for a lot of…

— bell hooks

Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill…

— Assata Shakur

The movement for black lives isn't just about black people. Black liberation has never just been about black people. It's been about a fight…

— Patrisse Cullors

The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism.

— Justin Simien

Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.

— Marlon Riggs

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

“Blacks complained that most leaders were white, which was true. Feminists complained that most all were men, which was also true. Soon black women…

— Mark Lilla

“Above all else, our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable, that our liberation is a necessity not…

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this…

— Angela Davis