Accounts Quote by Elijah Cummings

With more than 67 percent of the Nation's freight moving on highways, economists believe that our ability to compete internationally is tied to the…

— Dennis Hastert

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt…

— Anita Hill

“Women in general, and African American women in particular, are still separated by a veil, albeit an invisible one. As long as women are…

— Patricia Dixon

“In 1960, never-married mothers accounted for fewer than 5 percent of the children of single mothers; by 2006, they accounted for 43 percent (Thibos,…

— Karl Alexander

A lot of African American women wanted to emulate white women. But I said in my mind, rationally thinking, there is no way you…

— Claudette Colvin

I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women,…

— Leah Ward Sears

African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates.

— Matthew Desmond

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we…

— Jessica Chastain

In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated the need…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which it reflects…

— Patricia Hill Collins

I love African American women, but I just don't like my skin complexion.

— Kodak Black

The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing…

— Fannie Barrier Williams

It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill that down…

— Nina Turner

African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.…

— Lynn Nottage

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.

— Donna Brazile