Government Quote by Shelby Steele

Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond…

— Ed Smith

Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

— Randall Kennedy

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?

— Walter Dean Myers

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into…

— Bryan Stevenson

Blacks have experienced a history of victimization in America, beginning obviously in slavery and then another 100 years of segregation. I grew up in…

— Shelby Steele

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“the discrimination was ignored or discounted, and the fiscal habits of Black people were blamed for the growing fiscal inequities and segregation created by…

— Ibram X. Kendi

Segregation was ugly but we made something good out of something ugly. Since we were not welcome in other places run by White people,…

— Louis Farrakhan

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

— Coretta Scott King

I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together. We need…

— Pearl Cleage

I, like many members of my generation, was concerned with segregation and the repeated violation of civil rights.

— Anonymous

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the…

— Angela Davis