“We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we ...” — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Quote

“We must begin to tell black women's stories because, without them, we cannot tell the story of black men, white men, white women, or anyone else in this country. The story of black women is critical because those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.”

“Black girls are punished, many times violently so, for questioning and challenging authority, which is something that is often celebrated and encouraged as a sign of intelligence and critical thinking in white boys.”

“Some of the worst racist tragedies in history have been perfectly legal.”

“When we advocate for violence against women to be eliminated on campuses, we say, 'Well, actually, it's not just on campuses we have to worry about.' We might have to worry about high schools. We might have to worry about police precincts and cars. We might have to worry about public housing.”

“Clearly, we must denounce militaristic approaches to global unrest and find life-affirming ways to end repressive cycles of violence rooted in discrimination, humiliation, and despair.”

“The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.”

“Everything in American public life, when it comes to race relations, serves as a frame for a history of violence and degrading humiliation.”

“Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.”

“We Germans have learned from history. We are a peace-loving, freedom-loving people. There is only one place for us in the world: at the side of the free nations.”

“For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really consigned to something trivial.”

“Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.”