Government Quote by Anonymous

I'm showing the people that a Negro can run for office.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.

— Muhammad Ali

I'll hire blacks as long as they can do the cotton-pickin' job.

— Evan Mecham

I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together.

— Lamman Rucker

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

— Rosa Parks

I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.

— Shirley Chisholm

In the U.S. Senate, I'll fight discrimination everywhere it exists.

— Cal Cunningham

I've always been a black woman in corporate America. I've faced my share of issues.

— Bozoma Saint John

I am an African American public official operating in an environment dominated by Caucasians. That is not too dissimilar from what I had to…

— Mike Espy

My background is: I'm a Black man in America, victim of police brutality, victim of institutional racism, working-class from working-class roots.

— Jamaal Bowman

As a black woman, the government is so much in my life, and it always has been.

— Amanda Seales

It's not just that I'm a woman of color running for office. It's the way that I ran. It's the way that my identity…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez