Accepted Quote by Hines Ward

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 went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

I was born a poor black child.

— Al Gore

All my playmates were black. I lived in a little community called Archery (ph) in a rural area. And I didn't have any white…

— Jimmy Carter

I was the only mixed-race girl in my school, but for me, that was a positive thing; it made me unique. If it wasn't…

— Alesha Dixon

I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had…

— Richard Wright

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

— Jay Blades

I had white family members, black family members, white friends, black friends by the time I was 16.

— Vic Mensa

I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So we stood…

— Henry Golding

I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as…

— Halle Berry

Being someone that grew up in a biracial household I never really felt accepted by black people when I was a little kid, I…

— Vic Mensa

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be…

— Mabel