Death Quote by Kate Smith

I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.

— Brooke Astor

As a nurse, I earned around 60% of what my white male counterparts in the same position earned.

— Cori Bush

At Grinnell College, for the first time in my life, I was in an all-white setting. It was a shocking experience.

— Bernice King

White... is death. It's hospitals. It's my terrible nurses. White is absolute horror. It is just the worst.

— Joan Mitchell

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white…

— Oprah Winfrey

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform,…

— James A. Michener

Being a black male in the Deep South after World War II, you could actually come home in your uniform and be lynched on…

— Rob Morgan

Your white uniform as a black domestic was your ticket anywhere in town.

— Kathryn Stockett

My father was in the service. His job was to integrate the Armed Forces overseas. So that meant we showed up at military bases…

— Joe Morton

I remember distinctly not seeing myself. I didn't see myself in black culture, white culture, mass culture.

— Justin Simien

When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only…

— Bruce Beresford

Coming from a uniformed background I can relate to the army.

— Rahul Dev