Black Quote by Laverne Cox

To see a young black woman being loved for just who she is - her hair, her skin, her clothes - is powerful.

— KiKi Layne

I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women…

— Franchesca Ramsey

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

“The Black Woman is amazingly strong, truly powerful, deeply visionary, has incredible worth and much love and goodness within that she is willing to…

— Rebecca Gordon

I'm a black woman and I'm so happy to represent myself in that respect, but I don't want it to be something that defines…

— Rachel Lindsay

“Black women who define ourselves and our goals beyond the sphere of a sexual relationship can bring to any endeavor the realized focus of…

— Audre Lorde

Some black women hug me and walk away. A lot of black men talk about dating white women and how they've been there, too.…

— Daniel Kaluuya

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

— A. J. Odudu

The personality that I have and the energy that I give is so heavily inspired by Black trans women. People see me as kitschy…

— Alex Consani

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

“The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical death. But…

— Abigail Padgett

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

— Barbara Smith