Cities Quote by Bill Gates

While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research…

— Clint Smith

I grew up in a close-knit community where I was expected to excel, and it was a different experience when I got to the…

— Kimberly Bryant

If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color.

— Van Jones

All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong…

— Alan Autry

I think for what success looks like for me, it is a world in which you can look at the achievement scores, the academic…

— Michelle Rhee

It's absolutely true we have to pay attention to whether low-income people of any race are able to access quality, higher education.

— Maya Wiley

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

— Angela Davis

If you ask for good schools, you aren't likely to get them. If you ask for jobs or economic investment, you won't get that…

— Michelle Alexander

“As a person of color in America, you need to fly to reach the hallowed gates of wealth and mainstream success while others can…

— Wajahat Ali

I know what it's like to be in predominantly white situations in the educational system. My parents are educators, and I went to performing…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.

— Jacob Batalon

Sometimes people of color walk into these spaces that are dominated by the dominant culture, and we have to be better, not make as…

— Tanya Saracho