I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.

- Leah Ward Sears

We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplish…

- Leah Ward Sears

A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.

- Leah Ward Sears

When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made …

- Leah Ward Sears

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 - …

- Leah Ward Sears