Boston Quote by Geoffrey Canada

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

— DeMarcus Cousins

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

— Bradley Beal

I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New…

— Kim Basinger

I went to a historically black college.

— John David Washington

I went to Harvard College, grew up in Boston, and went to high school in Boston.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

I went to Wellesley College, and it was really hard for me to get a job after I graduated. I would go into places…

— Chirlane McCray

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

— Lorraine Toussaint

I went to a historically Black college in Mississippi, Jackson State University. I also grew up in a small town that had one stoplight.

— Laphonza Butler

I went to school at a place that also shaped my life, Boston Latin School.

— Nat Hentoff

I know what it's like to be in predominantly white situations in the educational system. My parents are educators, and I went to performing…

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I was black, studying physics and engineering. I was from a small school nobody ever heard of.

— Edwin Moses

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a…

— Jackie Robinson