Court Quote by Jonathan Capehart

(H)er qualifications for the Supreme Court are non-existent. She is not a brilliant jurist, indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a…

— Pat Buchanan

Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

— Donna Brazile

Kamala Harris is a serious person who as California attorney general tried to tackle tough social problems in a way that most conservatives would…

— Steve Hilton

I never saw a consistent through-line of employment for black actresses. I was like, 'How are they supporting themselves?'

— Khandi Alexander

I know she [Hillary Clinton] comes out of a legacy with her husband in which the Democratic Party did more, it seems to me,…

— Henry Giroux

At the height of her fame as a singer I asked her to be my co-star in The Bodyguard, I was reminded this would…

— Kevin Costner

Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United and end the movement toward oligarchy that we…

— Bernie Sanders

Susan Brooks is a hard-working public servant who has spent her career fighting for Hoosiers. In Congress, she was the first woman from Indiana…

— Mike Braun

I felt Helen Willis was in tune with the situation of a black woman married to a white man, and she had no problem…

— Roxie Roker

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength.

— Dorothy Height

I'll be forever grateful for everything Congresswoman Barbara Jordan did to pave the way for black women in politics.

— Karine Jean-Pierre