“Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted...” — Patricia Hill Collins Quote

“Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.”

“Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.”

“Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.”

“I was the kid a lot of other mothers wouldn't let you play with.”

“Every hour that goes by with family separation policies in effect is another hour that mothers weep thinking of their children, another hour that kids are fearfully wondering where their parents have been taken, another hour that trauma deepens.”

“We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.”