City Quote by Nina Turner

Earlier in my college career, there was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the Black community I was somehow obligated…

— Michelle Obama

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

— Samuel L. Jackson

As a black and as a woman, I didn't think that I would really want to live in any of the eras before this,…

— Octavia E. Butler

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.

— Gil Scott-Heron

I will never forget working in the White House for the first Black president.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

I went to a historically black college.

— John David Washington

I'd never carried on a conversation with a black until college.

— Howie Long

I want to make the point that, even though we had a troubled experience, we moved on from that. I moved on from that,…

— Mike Espy

If segregationists had their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate today, I would not be a top contender…

— Kamala Harris

First woman of colour, first Black person and first Jewish woman elected to lead a major federal party - it was never going to…

— Annamie Paul

I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I…

— Hope Solo

I was first in my family to go to college.

— Joe Biden