Believe Quote by Ishmael Reed

“The feminist challenge was sweeping: it embraced education and occupation, together with legal, political, and social status. It even dared broach the subject of…

— Cynthia Russett

“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

“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

Black women fought for the right to vote during the suffrage movement and fought again during the civil rights movement. The rote narrative in…

— Anthea Butler

As a person of color, as a woman, as a body moving through this particular space in time, I realize the streets of New…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“In the United States, violence and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks, and”

— James Baldwin

Toni Morrison is challenged regularly because she is a black author who writes about the real world. She speaks with so much knowledge about…

— Judith Krug

Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice.

— Rhiannon Giddens

“However, the young person leaving college today, especially if she is a woman, must consider the possibility that her best offerings will be considered…

— Alice Walker

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

— Brittney Cooper

“Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“I truly believe those closest to the pain are closest to the solution, and black women will lead us to the solutions and to…

— The Women's March Organizers