quotes about Black Women
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Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.
-- Bell Hooks -
When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.
-- Dorothy Height -
A black woman's body was never hers alone.
-- Fannie Lou Hamer -
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.
-- Janet Jackson -
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... black women have always found that in the social order of things we're the least likely to be believed--by anyone.
-- Joycelyn Elders -
My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.
-- Lena HorneSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.
-- Mara Brock Akil -
Black women have been cultured to compare not connect.
-- Michaela Angela Davis -
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I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.
-- Mike Tyson -
I'm not angry. And I don't like the thing of the 'angry black woman,' either.
-- Naomi Campbell -
Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.
-- Nicole Ari Parker -
I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
-- Nikki Giovanni -
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You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.
-- Sanaa Lathan -
Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing.
-- Toni Morrison -
Don't make a black woman take off her earrings".
-- Tyler Perry -
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I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black woman.
-- Shola Lynch -
I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.
-- Willie Parker -
My hope as an actress is knowing that I'm someone who is more privileged - I'm biracial and lighter-skinned - and I hope it can open up the door for more women of color, especially darker-skinned black women. I hope everyone hops on the bandwagon and decides to start putting women of color in movies that aren't just about race.
-- Amandla StenbergSource : Source: www.mtv.com
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You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.
-- Melissa Harris-PerrySource : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
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