You have to understand – I come from a neighborhood where ‘The Wire’ was filmed. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation’s prosperity for generations yet unborn. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor’s degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
I realized that with African American people, where we’ve been blocked from being all that God meant for us to be, I don’t have time to be patient. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
Voting is crucial, and I don’t give a damn how you look at it: there are efforts to stop people from voting. That’s not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America. Elijah Cummings Read Quote
