Black Women

Famous quotes containing the words black women, black and/or women:

“America today is capable of terrific intolerance about smoking, or toxic waste that threatens trout. But only a deeply confused society is more concerned about protecting lungs than minds, trout than black women.”
—Garry Wills (b. 1934)

“Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear feminism. They have stood in place so long that they are afraid to move. They fear change. They fear losing what little they have.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

“At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)