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

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.

Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

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

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

Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate