Black Women

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

    As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
    Maya Angelou (b. 1928)

    O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?
    James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)

    To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations.
    Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)