Black girl Quote by A'ja Wilson

I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids.

— Jay Blades

I was at all-white schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade, so I wanted to feel what it was like just to be me and…

— Amy Sherald

And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was…

— Rachel True

In all my days of schooling, from preschool all the way up to 12th grade, there was not one white person in my class.…

— Kendrick Lamar

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both…

— Will Smith

There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was.…

— Daley Thompson

I was a black kid in an all-white school, so I had to deal with some of that stress and pressure.

— Roy Hibbert

I went to a predominantly white school, and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking, 'I don't want to be as…

— Kelly Rowland

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority…

— Jonathan Kozol

Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white setting and…

— Bell Hooks

When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the…

— Jesmyn Ward