Black Quote by The Women's March Organizers

As I have always said, those closest to the pain should be closest to the power.

— Ayanna Pressley

The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the black sidekicks on one show, and it would…

— Issa Rae

I walk into a room, there's one or two black women. There aren't that many because the pipeline of talent just isn't there.

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

I've liked different women at different times in my life. I've been attracted to white women. I've been attracted to black women. I've been…

— Oliver Stone

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

— Maya Angelou

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted…

— Octavia Spencer

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

— Tyra Banks

It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or…

— Pearl Cleage

It's always hard for me to find a therapist who is a black woman or even a woman of color. It's something that we've…

— Morgan Parker

It wasn't [Barack] Obama per se; it was the feeling on the ground; it was seeing an old black woman in a wheelchair being…

— Bill Ayers

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

— Tyler Perry

Black women's intersectional experiences of racism and sexism have been a central but forgotten dynamic in the unfolding of feminist and antiracist agendas.

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

— Mike Tyson

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

— Maureen Duffy

“As a Black Woman, I define self-care as the ability to safely and comfortably exhale.”

— Bethanee Epifani J. Bryant