Black women Quote by Maya Wiley

My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported.

— Andy Serkis

But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions of impoverished…

— Martin Luther King III

I am a Black woman raised by parents who were active in the civil-rights movement.

— Maya Wiley

My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against…

— Jake Tapper

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color…

— Anna Holmes

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a…

— Yaya DaCosta

My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community.

— EJ Johnson

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

— Constance Baker Motley

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that…

— Anonymous

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.

— Larry Elder

I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

— Jim Brown

My grandmother had been a part of the civil rights movement.

— Killer Mike