"But what of black women?… I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire."
― W. E. B. Du Bois
Topic(s): Women
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- "The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?"
- "An American, a Negro… two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."
- "A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills."
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- "But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women."― Audre Lorde
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