Category Archives: African American Quotes

Sojourner Truth Quote

“If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” Sojourner Truth

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Anna Julia Cooper Quote

“It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman’s strongest vindication for speaking that … Continue reading

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Kathryn Estelle Hearn Quote

“Everything originates in imagination.” Kathryn Estelle Hearn

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Anna Julia Cooper Quote

“Let our girls feel that we expect something more of them than that they merely look pretty and appear well in society.” Anna Julia Cooper

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Alice Walker Quote

“So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff go. And it is possible.” Alice Walker

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Marva Collins Quote

“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself.” Marva Collins

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Kathryn Estelle Hearn Quote

“By being thankful in this precious moment for my gift of life I am able to experience inner peace for the very first time.” Kathryn Estelle Hearn

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Audre Lorde Quote

“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” Audre Lorde

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Fannie Lou Hamer Quote

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” Fannie Lou Hamer

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Anna Julia Cooper Quote

“The colored woman of to-day occupies, one may say, a unique position in this country. In a period of itself transitional and unsettled, her status seems one of the least ascertainable and definitive of all the forces which make for … Continue reading

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