Black Quote by Will Smith

During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that…

— Jonathan Kozol

When I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs…

— St. Lucia

I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids.

— Jay Blades

And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was…

— Rachel True

As a white person I can educate myself to see how we can try to bring positive change. I learned how John Lewis put…

— Nikola Vucevic

“time proved that the persistent educational gap between black and white students was only indirectly traceable to segregation. Instead, the root of the problem…

— Derrick Bell

Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white setting and…

— Bell Hooks

I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone.

— Joe Frazier

I went to schools that had a significantly large Caucasian population and I feel very fortunate because I was able to compare that perspective…

— Mena Massoud

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 life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.

— Chirlane McCray

I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking the fact…

— Jordan Peele