African Quote by Janelle Monae

I grew up black in segregated America, where it was hard to find an open door. It's harder now for young blacks to find…

— Shelby Steele

I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main…

— Marley Dias

I walk into a room, there's one or two black women. There aren't that many because the pipeline of talent just isn't there.

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

As an artist, it's incredible to see folks see you and then be able to give that back and to be able to send…

— Amanda Seales

There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.

— Alek Wek

We see organizations that target young black men to give them direction in life, but so often, black girls are missed. I wanted to…

— Angie Thomas

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

— Paul Schrader

We have to reach out to younger audiences. They need to see how they can see themselves as black women.

— Linda Johnson Rice

I used to think that I could be successful if I pretended to be a 23-year-old black woman. I wanted to find a young…

— Edmund White

I'd like to inspire Black girls to think: 'If she can do it, I can.'

— A. J. Odudu

Black people, if I may, we don't get a lot of opportunities to do a lot of different things outside the norm, outside of…

— Tituss Burgess

We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen;…

— Kym Whitley