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Quotes from Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female — Frances M. Beal

born 1940

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Let me state here and now that the Black woman in America can justly be described as a "slave of a slave."

Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1969)

Those who are exerting their "manhood" by telling Black women to step back into a domestic, submissive role are assuming a counter-revolutionary position.

Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1969)

Once you have caught a glimpse of freedom or experienced a bit of self-determination, you can't go back to old routines that were established under a racist, capitalist regime.

Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1969)

The new world we are attempting to create must destroy oppression of any type. The value of this new system will be determined by the status of the person who was low man on the totem pole.

Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female (1969)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frances M. Beal (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.