Black Quote by Lena Waithe

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 definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying we don't have work for…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

— Franchesca Ramsey

“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

As it pertains to my black womanhood, there's just a lot of ground to cover. There's a lot of stuff to say.

— Kelela

How can you be more subject; black woman in a white man's world?

— Maureen Duffy

Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women…

— Ruby Dee

“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

I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.

— Katori Hall

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

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