Always Quote by Opal Tometi

The black immigrant experience in the U.S. must be understood not in contrast to the African American experience but as an integral part of…

— Opal Tometi

To fully understand the black immigrant experience in the U.S., we must understand it not in contrast to the African-American experience, but central to…

— Opal Tometi

“Power is never given, it's taken." It is an open secret that there exists a conflict between a new generation of young black leadership…

— Wesley Lowery

I was in awe of previous black liberation struggle leaders - Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells. I wanted to be part of something bigger…

— Opal Tometi

I'm a female black immigrant lawyer, who raised her kids in and around Toronto.

— Leslyn Lewis

As a young black immigrant at an inner-city school, I saw how poverty of ambition left many from disadvantaged backgrounds on the scrap-heap.

— Kemi Badenoch

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

— Donna Brazile

George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida, and he went all over Florida, and he…

— Shirley Chisholm

I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.

— Shirley Chisholm

From the Honorable Shirley Chisholm, to the Honorable Barbara Jordan, and many more, I am because they were.

— Jasmine Crockett

Im benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many others. Those of us who are beneficiaries owe…

— Terri Sewell

Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

— Jeffrey Wright