Famous quotes containing the words black women, black and/or women:
“[When asked: Will not woman suffrage make the black woman the political equal of the white woman and does not political equality mean social equality?:] If it does then men by keeping both white and black women disfranchised have already established social equality!”
—Anna Howard Shaw (18471919)
“If youre born in America with a black skin, youre born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning to regard our plight or predicament in this society as one of a prison inmate.”
—Malcolm X (19251965)
“There never seems to be any difficulty in stretching the laws and the constitution to fit any kind of a political deal, but when it is proposed to make some concession to women they loom up like an unscalable wall.”
—Susan B. Anthony (18201906)