African american Quote by Chanel Iman

All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew, and all…

— Maya Angelou

It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill that down…

— Nina Turner

The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing…

— Fannie Barrier Williams

I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about our country…

— Condoleezza Rice

The whole land seems aroused to discussion on the province of woman, and I am glad of it. We are willing to bear the…

— Angelina Grimke

My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.

— Judge Reinhold

I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In…

— Patricia Hill Collins

I know why the caged bird sings.

— Maya Angelou

Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask,…

— Patrick Leahy

African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are…

— Frank C. Garland

The writer in me can look as far as an African-American woman and stop. Often that writer looks through the African-American woman. Race is…

— Thylias Moss

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we…

— Jessica Chastain