Far too many black men who ...

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

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