Black community Quote by Maya Wiley

Most black families have roots, whether Christian, Muslim or other religions, and that journey is unique for each individual.

— Omar Epps

I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.

— Charles Barkley

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family, and certainly…

— Roxane Gay

When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white…

— Angie Thomas

I was raised in a black household and grew up with black homies.

— Logic

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

— DeMarcus Cousins

I was raised in a very religious home with two parents who were deeply involved in the black church. When I was young, I…

— Cory Booker

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

— Cris Carter

I lived in a little working-class town that had no black neighborhoods at all - one high school. We all played together. Everybody was…

— Toni Morrison

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

— Alice Walker

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco