Black Quote by Zach Braff

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

You know, growing up, I lived in a neighborhood in Long Island where there was basically one black family. And I remember hearing all…

— Lorraine Bracco

It's impossible for most black Americans to construct full family trees. Official census records, used by so many genealogy enthusiasts to piece together their…

— Jesmyn Ward

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family, and certainly…

— Roxane Gay

I have black friends, but I don't just hang out with black kids. I might pull up with Indian kids, white kids, black kids,…

— Travis Scott

Unfortunately, I don't know many black people.

— Miriam Margolyes

...our family is white as far back on the family tree as I've ever looked, and I guess I picture people white white white…

— E. Lockhart

It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins.

— Edward Ball

Do you have blacks, too?

— George W. Bush

Six of my 12 grandchildren are black.

— Agnes Gund

Our family is mixed. My oldest sister married a black man in 1962, which was way out there then.

— Duff McKagan

Hanging out with the Trees is like hanging out with your family, and I hardly ever see my family.

— Mark Lanegan