Even Quote by Claudette Colvin

Segregation was ugly but we made something good out of something ugly. Since we were not welcome in other places run by White people,…

— Louis Farrakhan

Segregations, by which I mean people living in a certain area, was a planned system. It was made that way. And what you have…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I grew up in a segregated community: I couldn't go to the public schools, beaches, certain parts of town.

— Bryan Stevenson

I vividly remember segregation - separate schools, sitting in the balcony at the movie theater, being barred from the public swimming pool.

— David Steward

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

— Randall Kennedy

I remember being a teenager, I never thought that I'd live in a society that was not segregated. It happened.

— Shelby Steele

Things were tough. Segregation was all around - in the schools, the buses, the restaurants, the theaters. But Dr. King worked hard for black…

— Jesse White

The tobacco markets I worked in were segregated. If you went to the bathroom, there was 'White,' there was 'Colored,' and there was 'Other.'…

— Kelvin Sampson

Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not…

— Diane Nash

America was built on segregation. It's gonna stay segregated until everyone's equal, and that ain't gonna happen when it's a capitalistic society.

— MC Ren

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!

— George C. Wallace

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition…

— Major Owens