Black women Quote by Patrisse Cullors

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women?

— T. D. Jakes

“Parents and schoolteachers counsel black children that, if they ever hope to escape this system and avoid prison time, they must be on their…

— Michelle Alexander

When you think about what Black women have meant to us Black women have always been our guide. Black women have always been the…

— Wes Moore

Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.

— Bell Hooks

Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where…

— Patricia Hill Collins

We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed…

— Patrisse Cullors

“Stay away from any place where you can run into police—that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black men in…

— Imbolo Mbue

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt…

— Anita Hill

Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.

— Buchi Emecheta

“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different fathers as…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“When black folk say “Black Lives Matter,” they are in search of simple recognition. That they are decent human beings, that they aren’t likely…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Every day Black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. Every day Black women die because the system denies…

— Cori Bush