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African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. -- Elijah Cummings
Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages. -- Donna Brazile
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. -- Denzel Washington
Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts. -- Faye Wattleton
I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community. -- Anita Hill
I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission. -- Faye Wattleton
I think the '90s is the reason why I recently had to find natural haircare products to allow my hair to grow. That was a time where they were processing your hair, and it was a time when African-American women wanted that straight hair. -- Drew Sidora
I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith. -- Leah Ward Sears
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. -- Janice Dickinson
Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day. -- Mike Pence
I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers. -- Wanda Sykes
Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board. -- Jessica Chastain
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently. -- Lynn Nottage
African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse among African-Americans for colon, prostate and ovarian cancers as well. -- Frank C. Garland

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