Black Quote by Mark Robinson

I was born a poor black child.

— Al Gore

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

— Larry Holmes

I had to fight hard against loneliness, abuse, and the knowledge that any mistakes I made would be magnified because I was the only…

— Jackie Robinson

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a…

— Michaela Coel

I was poor my whole life.

— Blackbear

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying…

— Tyler Perry

I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.

— James Franco

Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of 10 children - it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.

— Benjamin Carson

I was so beat down as a young person - being black, being gay, being unable to assimilate because I could never, ever pull…

— Billy Porter

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