America Quote by Rob Morgan

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border…

— Dinaw Mengestu

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

— Logic

Growing up in the South, I was raised to be a Negro boy. I was acutely aware how other people perceived me, and that…

— George C. Wolfe

Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

— Eddie Huang

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

— Cris Carter

So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred…

— Maya Wiley

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

My personal history, along with the history of many black people in this country, is rife with trauma born out of anti-black policies aided…

— Patrisse Cullors

Adults who loved and knew me, on many occasions sat me down and told me that I was black. As you could imagine, this…

— Shaun King

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up…

— Katherine Dunham

Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of everything from…

— Angela Rye

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