Famous quotes containing the words black and/or members:
“I came along at a time when there was a demand to give men greater visibility and opportunity. In white society they were saying, Women cant do it. In black society, they were saying, Women do too much. Its a diabolical situation.”
—Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (b. 1932)
“Consider the value to the race of one-half of its members being enabled to throw aside the intolerable bondage of ignorance that has always weighed them down!”
—Bertha Honore Potter Palmer (18491918)