Living Quote by Dwane Casey

I grew up in the era of the desegregation program. I actually got bussed to a predominately white high school. I didn't have a…

— Herm Edwards

So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred…

— Maya Wiley

I grew up on the Eastern Shore during desegregation. A lot of white parents chose to send their kids to private schools rather than…

— Ralph Northam

I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

— Ruby Bridges

I went to an all-white school in high school.

— Bradley Beal

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history…

— Chris Rock

I was raised in a desegregated neighborhood.

— Steve Bannon

I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.

— Amanda de Cadenet

I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids.

— Jay Blades

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

— Gil Scott-Heron

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

— Maya Angelou

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into…

— Bryan Stevenson