I was a single mom that raised two bright, beautiful, and compassionate girls.

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.

I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.