Bronx Quote by Jamaal Bowman

I grew up in the South Bronx, raised by my grandmother, who scrapped and scraped to make sure I had a roof over my…

— Joy Bryant

Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor people of…

— Majora Carter

Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.

— Majora Carter

Communities of color, like the South Bronx, have long been exposed to elevated levels of air pollution that gravely impact all aspects of our…

— Ritchie Torres

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

— Jonathan Kozol

The South Bronx has long been ground zero for racially concentrated poverty.

— Ritchie Torres

I feel like if I'm going to be a congressman who represents the South Bronx, I have to be the most visible and vocal…

— Ritchie Torres

Most of the people in the South Bronx are practical rather than ideological. Their concerns are bread and butter, health and housing, schools and…

— Ritchie Torres

I grew up in the South Bronx in the 1970s. My dad worked in IT, and my mom was a teacher.

— Sunny Hostin

I was from a poor Jewish family in the South Bronx. My father was a plumber, but when I was 16, he got sick…

— Leonard Susskind

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.

— Al Pacino

I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez