About Quote by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.

— Claudette Colvin

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

I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of…

— Oprah Winfrey

“History may well be a series of stories we tell about the past, but the stories are not just any stories. They're not chosen…

— Thomas King

My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures. But any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is…

— Alicia Keys

I view myself as a multicultural woman who happens to be black.

— Wendy Williams

I've had a somewhat typical experience in that many of the contemporary writers I was exposed to early on were white and often male.

— Laura van den Berg

But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on…

— Parminder Nagra

As I came into myself as a young Black woman, I realized there's a whole type of person and human experience that is just…

— Nia DaCosta

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

I do consider myself part of black history.

— Mary J. Blige

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't…

— Isabel Allende