celebs talk about love for black women

these are excerpts from ebony magazine.  i'm still exploring different ways that they can be relevant, if at all.
 
"What I love most about Black women is 'their sensitivity'," says White, who in an earlier interview criticized Black men, saying they are the reason "relationships are out of control. Until man knows how to make a commitment, until man knows how to communicate his true feelings, until man knows how to walk like one, talk like one and act like one, the war will continue. But so far man has been a destroyer, liar and deceiver of Black women.... all [Black men] are guilty."
Barry White, singer, (p62).
 
"I grew up under the influence of a mother and grandmother who sacrificed many things for me. Much of my training has come from Black women. I am married to a Black woman. My experiences have been shaped by the love and affection of Black women. I know the tough and tender sides of Black women.... There are Black women whom God has used as liberators - Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer. But even with their struggles, Black women have been the stable forces of moral authority and spirituality, and have continued to bandage the wounds of Black men who have been broken by the oppressor's whip." Jesse Jackson Sr., President, National Rainbow Coalition, (p64).
 
"I love Black women because a Black woman brought me into the world."
L.L. Cool J, actor, rapper, (p64).
 
"Sisters have taught me that we should listen to the poetry within, capture and express our inner beauty as a part of our political and social being."
Manning Marable, historian, (p66).
 
"My mother epitomizes the reason I love Black women. They have the ability to rise above severe adversity and triumph over challenge. Black women in the face of double jeopardy [being both Black and female] have demonstrated a toughness to survive and a tenderness to inspire. I am in love with their elegance, perseverance and soulful style. They are all that!"
Dexter King, Chairman, President, CEO, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, (p62).
 
"When you grab hold to a [Black] woman, you have something there. You got a whole world there. You got a way of life kicking up under your hand. That woman can take and make you feel like something."
August Wilson, playwright, (p64).
 
"The Black women in my life have offered my mind strength and given my heart peace. In general, I love Black women because they exemplify all that is rich in our heritage: the soul, the passion, the attitude, the determination and, most of all, love."
Andre Harrell, CEO, Motown Records, (p66).

Why I Love Black Women...

a new book by Michael Eric Dyson, who'd be a very magnetic subject.  I haven't contacted him yet.  He's a popular radio personality.  
 
From Publishers Weekly
 
With his Open Mike: Reflections of Philosophy, Race, Sex, Culture and Religion published by Basic just 60 days prior to this title, Dyson-University of Pennsylvania professor and the author of sensitive and determined polemics covering the legacy of Martin Luther King (I May Not Get There with You), the murder of Tupac Shakur (Holler if You Hear Me) and the political and cultural impact of Malcolm X (Making Malcolm)-is on a roll. This book, mostly set amid Dyson's barnstorming of the lecture circuit, records his meetings and discussions with black women throughout his life, and takes stock, from a highly partisan perspective, of their recent accomplishments. Dyson's descriptions of the women he meets are nearly novelistic: "I can still see her face: a honey chocolate, pie-shaped visage silhouetted by a shock of dark curls and lit by bright eyes that were lanterns of learning through which her students illuminated the first time to dark corners of black history," he writes of his fifth grade teacher in the book's opening sentence. But he goes on to give astute accounts, peppered with dialogue and compelling historical digressions, of the binds facing successful black women, who have to contend with racism in the workplace and the threat they represent to black men still struggling to find their own collective professional identities. He details his youthful fascination with Angela Davis (whom he later meets) and his admiration for "brave black revolutionary" Assata Shakur. He delves into the life and work of Susan Taylor, "In the Spirit" columnist for Essence magazine, and many others, including his wife, ordained minister Marcia Dyson. The author sneaks a remarkable amount of history and political content into this energetic, clearly voiced title. It should attract a diverse audience, from self-help to cultural studies readers. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
 
Dyson draws on his personal life, marriages, and history to praise and celebrate black women. He starts with the women (mother, teachers, writers) who put his feet on the path from young welfare father in a Detroit ghetto to celebrated theologian, writer, and social commentator. He profiles several prominent and unknown black women who have made valuable contributions to national life and to Dyson's personal life. Among the black female icons he celebrates are the revolutionaries Angela Davis