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)

    “My black sun, my
    Odessa sunflower,
    spurs of Tartar gold
    ring at your ankles,
    you stand taller before me than the ten
    towers of Jerusalem.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “... if women once learn to be something themselves, that the only way to teach is to be fine and shining examples, we will have in one generation the most remarkable and glorious children.”
    —Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)