Prejudice Quote by Ryan White

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

— Maya Angelou

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

— John Galliano

Fifty-four years ago, I was an 8-year-old boy living in rural Kentucky when the schools were desegregated. I walked into a white school where…

— Dwane Casey

I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.

— Julie Delpy

I grew up in the era of the desegregation program. I actually got bussed to a predominately white high school. I didn't have a…

— Herm Edwards

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

I never let prejudice stop me from what I wanted to do in this life.

— Sarah Louise Delany

I remember my school days with mixed emotions; I was so grateful to be given a mainstream education, and yet at times I felt…

— Liz Carr

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

— Michael Eric Dyson

When I went to Harvard Law School, my first year, I didn't want people to know I started my education in a colored school.…

— Bryan Stevenson

I went to a school with the kids of judges and elected officials and architects, civil leaders, and influencers. And I felt very much…

— Ayanna Pressley

I went to an all white school where I dealt with racism.

— Chaske Spencer