Big Quote by Eva Moskowitz

Many people in Harlem never go out of Harlem. I mean they'd never even been downtown. And you can see how this bitterness can…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

How could I have been the valedictorian, the smartest, and never known Harlem existed? As a result, I began a lifelong learning experience, because…

— Lynne Stewart

Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be…

— Claude Brown

“The people in Harlem know they are living there because white people do not think they are good enough to live anywhere else. No…

— James Baldwin

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of…

— Michael N. Castle

“The projects in Harlem are hated. They are hated almost as much as policemen, and this is saying a great deal. And they are…

— James Baldwin

As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I grew up in Boston, and in my adolescence your parents are trying to send you to like 'better' schools and a few of…

— Ayo Edebiri

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people. When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five…

— Mike Colter

“I know the South claims that it has spent millions for the education of the blacks, and that it has of its own free…

— James Weldon Johnson

It's been a struggling school for many, many years, and [that's] not surprising since it's serving some of the most disadvantaged kids in the…

— Pedro Noguera

We cannot afford to lose talented young black people, who make it to university, overseas, or worse, to let other talented black people be…

— David Lammy