Black Quote by Billy Graham

My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our…

— Peter Agre

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

— Alice Walker

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

— Candice Swanepoel

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family, and certainly…

— Roxane Gay

I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.

— Charles Barkley

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco

My mom's side of the family was farm workers.

— Ron Rivera

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm.

— Emeril Lagasse

My dad's entire business and enterprises have been about helping the African-American community.

— EJ Johnson

I was the fifth child in a family of six, five boys and one girl. Bless that poor girl. We were very poor; it…

— Cecil Williams

I grew up in a neighborhood that was surrounded by farms. There was a horse farm behind me and dairy farms on either side.

— Chris Carmack