African american Quote by Solomon Ortiz

There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do…

— Antonin Scalia

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of…

— Michael N. Castle

I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation…

— Sonny Vaccaro

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college…

— Frank Deford

I was recruited at Alabama and at Auburn to play basketball.

— Luther Strange

I went to a historically black college.

— John David Washington

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire…

— Ric Keller

All the colleges I played, most of the colleges, they were white.

— Jimmy Smith

I think there are white alumni out there who wouldn't mind having an African American president of their school, but would be reluctant to…

— Frank Deford

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

— Constance Baker Motley

In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and…

— Natasha Trethewey

Typically, historical black colleges and universities like Delaware State, attracted students who were raised in an environment where going to college wasn't the next…

— Michael N. Castle