Black Women

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

    “... black women have always found that in the social order of things we’re the least likely to be believed—by anyone.”
    —Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)

    “there’s a kind of lust feeds on itself
    Unspoken to, unspeaking; subterranean
    As a black river full of eyeless fish
    Heavy with spawn; with a passion for time
    Longer than the arteries of a cave.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “It’s only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.”
    —Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)