A collection of quotes from some of the most wise, poised, elegant, and intelligent Black women in history.Tumblr (3.0; @wiseblackwomen)http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/wiseblackwomen/43725179265/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_43725179265" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="300" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://panasonicyouth.tumblr.com/post/43058617317/desmond-omar-actofrebellion82">panasonicyouth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://desmond-omar.tumblr.com/post/43051769621/actofrebellion82-dreaminginspanish">desmond-omar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://actofrebellion82.tumblr.com/post/39190284108/dreaminginspanish">actofrebellion82</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dreaminginspanish.tumblr.com/post/39187522560/mocha-cookie-kill-yourself-toni-morrison-takes">dreaminginspanish</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mocha-cookie-kill-yourself.tumblr.com/post/38938418142">mocha-cookie-kill-yourself</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <h1 id="watch-headline-title"><strong><span id="eow-title" title="Toni Morrison Takes White Supremacy To Task">Toni Morrison Takes White Supremacy To Task</span></strong></h1> <p><span title="Toni Morrison Takes White Supremacy To Task">Few intellectuals have waged a public battle against white supremacy and patriarchy like Toni Morrison. Morrison has both examined and challenged systems of domination throughout her intellectual life. With her novels, essays, and interviews she has taken critical looks at the interlocking systems of race and gender oppression. In this interview she is asked by PBS’s Charlie Rose what it is like for her to encounter racism. In true Morrison fashion she turns the question on its head, and places the onus for explaining racism back into the hands of White people. She asks Rose what he thinks of racism, why do Whites hold onto, and what are they going to do about it ending it. She rejects the notion that racism is simply something that Black people must grapple with, insisting, demanding, that White people also grapple with it. Fearless. Brilliant. Powerful.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>will reblog until the end times</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Always reblog.</p> </blockquote> <p>“If you can only be tall because someone else is on thier knees, then you have serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.” - Toni Morrison</p> </blockquote> <p>Wow</p> </blockquote> <p>watch this.</p> </blockquote>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/43725179265http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/43725179265Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:20:04 -0500“Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.”<br/><br/> - <em>Coretta Scott King</em>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/15252720188http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/15252720188Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:15:05 -0500“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”<br/><br/> - <em>Toni Morrison</em>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/15249978087http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/15249978087Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:16:03 -0500Wise Black Women<iframe width="400" height="249" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mN5eC-0m9OA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lauryn Hill back in the day. Talking about Love. Wise beyond her years. </p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5773311928http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5773311928Mon, 23 May 2011 14:53:10 -0400QuotesWise Black WomenLauryn Hill<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbpfl1xFz1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lena Horne—-singer, dancer, civil rights activist, and amazing.</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5568351690http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5568351690Tue, 17 May 2011 00:50:10 -0400Lena HorneWise Black WomenQuotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbozfae4M1qk0gyeo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m going to start searching “Black women are beautiful,” “Black women are intelligent,”  and “Black women are strong.” We need to change this.</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5568151481http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5568151481Tue, 17 May 2011 00:40:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llbohmYgR91qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Badu’s my girl.</p> <p>S/N: She’s funny as hell too. Here’s Badu in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92GM851j20k">documentary</a> about creating pop stars.</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5567924119http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5567924119Tue, 17 May 2011 00:29:46 -0400Erykah BaduQuotesWise Black Women<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llb2kypyN21qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>That’s right, girl!</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5552965325http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5552965325Mon, 16 May 2011 16:36:34 -0400Halle BerryQuotesWise Black Women<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll85hbnxM31qk0gyeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503391168http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503391168Sun, 15 May 2011 02:47:35 -0400Lorraine HansberryWise Black WomenQuotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll85b4FDlV1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503308653http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503308653Sun, 15 May 2011 02:42:40 -0400Wise Black WomenExhaust the Little MomentGwendolyn Brooks<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll852gq7GD1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503218541http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503218541Sun, 15 May 2011 02:37:29 -0400Marian AndersonWise Black WomenQuotesFear<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll84texPcb1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503123690http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5503123690Sun, 15 May 2011 02:32:02 -0400Toni MorrisonLove is or aintQuotesWise Black Women<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll1ki9bNth1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5394437664http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5394437664Wed, 11 May 2011 13:27:45 -0400quotesWise Black WomenIndia Arienot you average girl...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll0pn8crQb1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hattie McDaniel—-the first African-American to win an Academy Award.</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5385019152http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5385019152Wed, 11 May 2011 02:21:08 -0400Hattie McDanielGone with the WindQuotesWise Black Women<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyzspkeg51qk0gyeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Madam CJ Walker. America’s first self-made, female millionaire.</p>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5356231470http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5356231470Tue, 10 May 2011 04:05:13 -0400Madam C.J. WalkerQuotesSelf-Made Millionaire<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkyz6cVrjS1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5356077714http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5356077714Tue, 10 May 2011 03:51:48 -0400Harriet TubmanFree SlavesQuotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkxvac0pvf1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337959912http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337959912Mon, 09 May 2011 13:30:12 -0400Ruby Dee DavisQuotes about Young PeopleWise Black Women<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkxuruCxsB1qk0gyeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337727950http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337727950Mon, 09 May 2011 13:19:07 -0400Coretta Scott KingFreedomQuotesMartin Luther King<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkxup9VVlI1qk0gyeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337696232http://wiseblackwomen.tumblr.com/post/5337696232Mon, 09 May 2011 13:17:33 -0400Maya AngeleouWise Black WomenInspirational Quotes