Black Quote by Tyler Perry

I was born a poor black child.

— Al Gore

I was poor, black, I overcame all those things.

— Mark Robinson

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

I just grew up a poor black kid in Alabama with a single mom and two brothers.

— Charles Barkley

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

— Roger Ross Williams

I was poor my whole life.

— Blackbear

I was raised poor, in a tenement building in Union City, New Jersey, the son of Cuban immigrants.

— Bob Menendez

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.

— Pam Grier

I was one of the poorest people in America.

— Tom Noddy

I was the poorest kid in my school, poorest kid in my town, poorest family. That stayed with me forever.

— Trixie Mattel

I've lived in poverty.

— London Breed

I was homeless.

— Ncuti Gatwa