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My school was pretty much all African Americans, but it was still a little tough to be in because I didn't have a lot…

— Ryan Coogler

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

— DeMarcus Cousins

I was fortunate to be raised in Seattle, which was amazing, but that doesn't take away from the fact I was still a black…

— DeAndre Yedlin

I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area.

— Keri Hilson

I grew up in small-town America, black, disadvantaged.

— Cris Carter

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

In Maryland, I didn't grow up around poor white people. Where I grew up, the white people were middle class or upper-middle class. It's…

— Kelela

I spent my whole life in Maryland, but I wanted to experience more - fighting to get to urban areas where there was culture.

— Maggie Rogers

I was at all-white schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade, so I wanted to feel what it was like just to be me and…

— Amy Sherald

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 grew up in a small town and never went to a Black school.

— Mathew Knowles

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

— Jay Blades