Black Quote by Jaz Sinclair

As Black women, we know that there's an expectation of us to fail in some way. So we have to work a thousand times…

— Myha'la

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

— Dorothy Height

. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for most of…

— Gerda Lerner

You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

You know what, man, that's part and parcel of being a black person in this country: everything's harder. It just is.

— Justin Simien

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

— Dr. Dre

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once…

— Jesse Jackson

You have to start looking in the mirror and saying, 'this is who I am, this is what I am and this is how…

— Charlamagne Tha God

We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know…

— Susan L. Taylor

Black people have been working hard for decades.

— Cornel West

“On my more difficult days, I’m not sure what’s more of a pain in my ass—being black or being a woman. I’m happy to…

— Roxane Gay

I would say for every successful black woman in America or in the world, really, it's difficult to be the head of the household,…

— Jill Scott