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Black women have never ever allowed other people's expectations of us to define us. We have Black women who still assert themselves and say, I want to wear my hair in a particular way, even if it ...
Get inspired by these Black History Month quotes from notable figures, activists and politicians including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others. 45 inspiring quotes to read during Black ...
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Clarke is the author of five collections of poetry: Narratives: Poems in the Tradition of Black Women (originally self-published in 1981 and distributed by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press in 1982); for Firebrand Books, Living as a Lesbian (1986), Humid Pitch (1989), and Experimental Love (1993); and for Word Works, By My Precise Haircut (2016).
Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings is a 2006 humor novel by Tyler Perry and focuses on his character of Madea. [1] The book won the 2006 Quills Awards for Book of the Year , [ 2 ] and spent twelve weeks on both The New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
Sarah E. Farro was born in Jefferson County, Illinois in 1859 to John Farro and Jemima "Jane" Jane. [5] Although it is unknown how Farro's parents met or if they were formerly enslaved, they were living in Chicago when Sarah, their oldest child, was born, having left the South.
These quotes by notable Black people—from celebrated authors to award-winning actors to renowned public figures—reflect their determination, achievements, wisdom, and the mantras they used or ...
The interest in black feminism was on the rise in the 1970s, through the writings of Mary Helen Washington, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker, and others. [3]: 87 In 1981, the anthology This Bridge Called My Back, edited by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldúa, was published and But Some of Us Are Brave was published the following year.