Black Quote by Cornel West

What happens from about 1954 to the late 1980s, is that we see a huge wave of optimism that school desegregation is going to…

— Dana Goldstein

Schools should be integrated by race and by class.

— Nikki Giovanni

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

— Clint Smith

The argument that somehow we've got to get rid of minority scholarships so that we can have a free and fair America implies that…

— Anonymous

There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.

— Gretchen Whitmer

Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what…

— Ruby Bridges

All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for…

— Ruby Bridges

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.

— Rand Paul

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority…

— Margaret Spellings

Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.

— Dolores Huerta

Numerous studies have shown that students of color achieve better educational outcomes when they have teachers of color in the classroom, and as our…

— Ned Lamont

We should want children to value difference. Preparing them for a more just world doesn't mean teaching them to aspire to purple. It means…

— Meena Harris