Bears Quote by Timothy Thomas Fortune

It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important…

— Frances Wright

You can never have enough reinforcements, resources for black women to thrive in the world. The topic has been addressed a million times before,…

— Kelela

There is simply no way our nation can progress if its women population is left behind.

— Pratibha Patil

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

— Aunjanue Ellis

It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us, there is no…

— Kofi Annan

As Black women, we know that there's an expectation of us to fail in some way. So we have to work a thousand times…

— Myha'la

Women in America cannot achieve our full economic and personal fulfillment as long as the concentration of wealth and power in the top 1%…

— Christine Pelosi

As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the…

— Nelson Mandela

When women succeed, America succeeds.

— Paul Tonko

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do…

— Maxine Waters

“When we let "RACE" to become the narrative in everything we do, then we'll never have an "America" of its true quality, that, "all…

— Henry Johnson Jr