Carolina Quote by Ella Baker

I was born in Norfolk, Virginia. I began school there, the first year of public school. When I was 7, the family shifted back…

— Ella Baker

I was born here in West Virginia, though I spent a little time in North Carolina when my step-dad got laid off from the…

— Paula Jean Swearengin

I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I was born in Pennsylvania, but for most of my childhood, my family lived in Lynchburg, Virginia.

— Beth Behrs

I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there…

— William Gibson

My dad's family was from Tennessee. I grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, where we lived at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As…

— Connie Britton

My father was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in the late 1950s and early 60s. We'd visit there often, what felt like…

— RaMell Ross

Im from northern Virginia, but I grew up next to the West Virginia border, so it was hills and farmland. We had that sense…

— Hilarie Burton

My dad's family comes from the North, and my mother's family comes from somewhere around Carmarthenshire.

— Henry Thomas

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

— Jovan Adepo

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to…

— Anna Camp

Growing up in Virginia, I was surrounded by two different cultures.

— Vidya Vox