Famous quotes containing the words black women, black and/or women:
“... the black girls didnt get these pills because their black ministers were up on the pulpit saying that birth control pills were black genocide. What Im saying is that black men have exploited black women.... They didnt want them to have any choice about their reproductive health. And if you cant control your reproduction, you cant control your life.”
—Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)
“What did I do to be so black and blue?”
—Andy Razaf (18951993)
“I dont know how it is up North, of course, but down South there are times when Southern women feel a need for privacy.”
—John Lee Mahin (19021984)