--- title: "9 Black School Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Black School quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Black School sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/demarcus-cousins-6578_grade_i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all_100383.jpg" --- > [I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demarcus-cousins/i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all-black-school-public-school/) [DeMarcus Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demarcus-cousins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/demarcus-cousins-6578_grade_i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all_100383.jpg) > [I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathew-knowles/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went-to-a-black-school/) [Mathew Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathew-knowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/mathew-knowles-12466_black_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went_2180910.jpg) > [I wasn't cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to-an-all-black-school-a-white/) [Shia LaBeouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shia-labeouf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/shia-labeouf-1794_all-black_i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to_3098104.jpg) > [For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-barkley/for-some-reason-we-re-brainwashed-to-think-if-you-re-not-a-thug-or-an/) [Charles Barkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-barkley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/charles-barkley-1266_black-person_for-some-reason-we-re-brainwashed-to-thi_829635.jpg) > [At University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, I was one of the first Blacks there. I didn't go to a Black school until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathew-knowles/at-university-of-tennessee-at-chattanooga-i-was-one-of-the-first/) [Mathew Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mathew-knowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/mathew-knowles-12466_black_at-university-of-tennessee-at-chattanoog_2348786.jpg) > [I remember integrating the all-white Yazoo City High School after my Black school closed its doors. Teachers sprayed me with fire extinguishers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-remember-integrating-the-all-white-yazoo-city-high-school-after-my/) [Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/mike-espy-6672_city_i-remember-integrating-the-all-white-yaz_1625306.jpg) > [As a teenager I just wanted to fit in, just to be one of the boys. It was tough. I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-shakes/as-a-teenager-i-just-wanted-to-fit-in-just-to-be-one-of-the-boys-it/) [Ronnie Shakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-shakes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/ronnie-shakes-33878_all-black_as-a-teenager-i-just-wanted-to-fit-in-ju_2247818.jpg) > [In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natasha-trethewey/in-the-early-1970s-in-atlanta-i-attended-what-had-formerly-been-an/) [Natasha Trethewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natasha-trethewey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ec/natasha-trethewey-7684_african_in-the-early-1970s-in-atlanta-i-attended_1663396.jpg) > [“As with most voluntary school integration programs, dispersal of the black children was the norm. In Portland, no more than forty-five black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/as-with-most-voluntary-school-integration-programs-dispersal-of-the/) [Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/derrick-bell-16993_black-person_as-with-most-voluntary-school-integratio_212971.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-school/#itemlist", "name": "Black School Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "DeMarcus Cousins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demarcus-cousins/i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all-black-school-public-school/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/demarcus-cousins-6578_grade_i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all_100383.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/demarcus-cousins-6578_grade_i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all_100383.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/demarcus-cousins-6578_grade_i-grew-up-in-a-rough-area-went-to-an-all_100383.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.” — DeMarcus Cousins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mathew Knowles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mathew-knowles/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went-to-a-black-school/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/mathew-knowles-12466_black_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went_2180910.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/mathew-knowles-12466_black_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went_2180910.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/mathew-knowles-12466_black_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-and-never-went_2180910.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.” — Mathew Knowles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shia LaBeouf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to-an-all-black-school-a-white/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/shia-labeouf-1794_all-black_i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to_3098104.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/shia-labeouf-1794_all-black_i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to_3098104.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/shia-labeouf-1794_all-black_i-wasn-t-cocky-just-confident-i-went-to_3098104.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I wasn't cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.” — Shia LaBeouf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. 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