Black Quote by Justine Larbalestier

“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

“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and Black communities.”

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for…

— Mara Brock Akil

“I had read them and congratulated myself for being black, as if I had chosen to be, because black women were feminists before there…

— Carleen Brice

We need to encourage black women to know that they are authors of their own destiny, that they have important stories to tell, and…

— Michaela Coel

“Are you kidding me?' Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga style on the floor. 'You can't write an honest novel…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I delved especially into black writers. Their analogies were relevant to my own experiences, and I understood them better for that.”

— Tepilit Ole Saitoti

“ A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.”

— Dee Dee M Scott

“This Book is Dedicated to Black Girls Everywhere. You are Powerful. You are Beautiful. You are Loved.”

— Daniel José Older

“A black woman making art is a disruptive act. Every story that I tell as a woman is a political act, even if I…

— Ava DuVernay

“Shout out to all the Black writers who push the world forward by sharing the stories, lives, history, imaginations and magic of black culture.…

— Blitberry

There are expectations in how you play your character as a black woman, to be sassy and the same kind of feel, as if…

— Nicole Beharie