African american Quote by Dustin Lance Black

My mom had to be resourceful. She grew up dirt poor in rural Louisiana.

— Chris Gardner

My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in Providence, RI.…

— Joanna Going

The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part…

— Jacqueline Woodson

My mom was born poor, raised poor, and was going to die poor.

— Kenny Troutt

I was raised by a great single mother. I grew up in rural Kentucky, and she's just a really compassionate woman.

— Shaun King

My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to…

— Stacey Abrams

My mother was from Mississippi, or is from 'Mississippi;' my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama. They were…

— Faye Wattleton

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at…

— Frank Ocean

I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

— Jovan Adepo

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way…

— Jennifer Garner

My mum came to Britain from Clarendon, in the south of Jamaica, to make a better life for her family.

— Lenny Henry