My mother is white. My biological father is black. When my mother was 17, she got pregnant. They lived in Waterloo, Iowa,… — Israel Houghton Copy Share Image
My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman.… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
“The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us - the poet - whispers… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
