Happy Quote by Misty Copeland

As a Black woman and a Black person my experience has been very different. I have a deep love and connection for my country…

— Madeleine Madden

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place…

— Octavia Butler

I'm a Black woman and I've always been told that I wasn't Black enough because of the way that I grew up, the experiences…

— Rachel Lindsay

There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given…

— Misty Copeland

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

— Chance The Rapper

While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

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 know how difficult it is to be not just a woman, but a black woman, and I know how much we get attacked…

— Angela Yee

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

— Maya Angelou

I'm a black man in the United States, and there's no two ways about that. I have a shared common experience with other black…

— Uzodinma Iweala

I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion…

— Shonda Rhimes

As a black person, I'm used to going to places in which I might be the only black person that shows up there. This…

— Kerry James Marshall