Character Quote by Jessica Williams

The black experience for me has been very interesting. Some days, I wake up, and I feel really black. Some days, I'm like, 'This…

— Jessica Williams

I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their…

— Kimberly Elise

I love that I get to play a black character who's not a stereotype, who is not afraid to be vulnerable, who comes from…

— Ncuti Gatwa

It has been very rare to see a black woman as a protagonist. And also as three-dimensional people - mathematicians, mothers, wives, complicated people,…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they…

— Boots Riley

I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.

— Nikki Giovanni

There is an appetite for things that are different and a story with Black characters that's going to appeal to a lot of people.

— Cord Jefferson

The black woman as a concept has an identity largely based on archaic tropes. This same woman as reality, however, exists at the unfortunate…

— Jerrika Hinton

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

I felt Helen Willis was in tune with the situation of a black woman married to a white man, and she had no problem…

— Roxie Roker

You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate to play…

— Viola Davis

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to…

— Susan Kelechi Watson