Children Quote by Jesse Lee Peterson

“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different fathers as…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Blacks as a group will never be equal while they have this situation going on, where the vast majority of children do not have…

— Amy Wax

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

— Patrisse Cullors

“The idea that blacks, or anyone for that matter, need the government to get ahead in life is despicable. And even more important, this…

— Elbert Guillory

It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We can make black lives matter in the labor movement by building the kinds of movements that black women need to shape a new…

— Alicia Garza

Racism has its boot squarely wedged on the neck of black communities, and we don't want to be told that hard work and responsibility…

— Patrisse Cullors

We keep calling for accountability and reinvestment and a push for all of us to imagine a world where black people are not policed…

— Patrisse Cullors

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.

— William Julius Wilson

“What would the black community be if we taught our children love, family values, self-respect, nonviolence, how to manage money, how to speak up…

— Lashaunda K. Jackson-Williams

Kids - black kids - are forced to grow up too soon.

— Russell Hornsby