Black Quote by Simone Missick

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred…

— Alice Walker

Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.

— Patricia Hill Collins

I think the media and the Internet and all that stuff, has created this perception of black women as these mammy types, kind of…

— Bill Duke

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

Can we imagine anything much more viciously sadistic than the Black Ghetto mother?

— Lyndon LaRouche

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

— Patricia Hill Collins

Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should.

— Chirlane McCray

We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know…

— Susan L. Taylor

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having…

— Susan L. Taylor

There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.

— Morgan Parker

“Black Women save lives”

— Malebo Sephodi

There are some universal elements when it comes to motherhood - especially for Black moms. Black women are selfless. Many women think of their…

— Tichina Arnold