Army Quote by Colin Powell

I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up…

— Walter Dean Myers

I credit a lot of my success to being from Harlem, growing up there.

— Mohamed Bamba

I'm from Harlem, born and raised there.

— Mekhi Phifer

I'm from Harlem.

— Princess Nokia

I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

— DeMarcus Cousins

You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but we was…

— Jamaal Bowman

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

— Jennifer Lopez

I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in…

— Omari Hardwick

I was born in a Negro town.

— Zora Neale Hurston

I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

— Francisco Costa

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change…

— Morgan Brittany