Bears Quote by Mary Church Terrell

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.

— Anonymous

The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.

— Margaret Mary Alacoque

We all have our crosses to bear. We carry them heavily, out of love for our brothers in arms. But sometimes you have to…

— Marcus Luttrell

Women know, and so do many men, that two or three children who are wanted, prepared for, reared amid love and stability, and educated…

— Shirley Chisholm

Profound as race prejudice is against the Negro American, it is not practically as far-reaching as the prejudice against women. For stripping away the…

— Pearl S. Buck

“In historical terms women, black people in general, were very attracted to very bright-colored clothing. Most people are frightened by color anyway...They just are.…

— Toni Morrison

Race prejudice has nothing to do with color. It has to do with being the stranger.

— Joe Morton

Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.

— H. P. Lovecraft

I seek to widen, narrow narratives of women of color.

— Michaela Angela Davis

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

— Major Taylor

Other men's crosses are not my crosses.

— John Donne

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.

— Aunjanue Ellis