“I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.” SchoolBlackCollegeHigh SchoolContactBoxingBeltsKarateBlack Belt Author:Dean Norris
“In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.” FormPoliticalLeftBlackViolenceGroupsStudentsCollegeArmyActivismLiberationRadicalismPanthersBlack PantherWeathermenPolitical Violence Author:Marisha Pessl
“Depression makes you seek lonely places, and that is what I started doing during the second semester of my first year in college. The black creek, the woods, the empty fields, the old cemetery-anywhere away from people, away from their critical eyes. I would seek out these places, choosing routes and times that would mean I could avoid as many people as possible.” PeopleYearsFirstsMeanEyeBlackFieldsCollegeDepressionLonelyEmptyIllnessWoodsCriticalMental IllnessRoutesCemeteryCreeksSemesterLonely Places Author:Samantha Abeel
“I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time it was about 800 degrees and we were in Texas. We had shorts on and nothing else and somehow a motorcycle cop pulls up beside me and says, 'Come on, get on it, get on, go, go, go!' So I speeded up and it turns out we're in a huge state funeral. There are about 40 black Cadillacs in a row and then a green van called Mr Greenjeans, with two guys with no clothes in it.” TwoStatesGuyTurnsBlackMinesCollegeHugeDegreesClothesGreenTexasFuneralOne TimeCopVansBuddyMotorcycleShortsRoad TripGetting LaidCadillacsPull UpsTwo Guys Author:John Travolta
“There are not many of us African American Sister Presidents, and those of us who are in this field do not have an easy time of it. Why the story goes that one Black woman college president died and went to hell, and it was two weeks before she realized that she wasn't still on the job.” StillsTwoStoriesJobsEasyBlackPresidentEducationHellWeekFieldsCollegeDiedAfrican AmericanBlack WomenTwo Weeks Author:Johnnetta B. Cole
“When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers.” BlackCollegePoetCrowdsCigaretteSweatersCamelsTurtlenecks Author:Peter Coyote
“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 natural step after high school.” StatesSchoolNextBlackNaturalStepsEnvironmentStudentsCollegeHigh SchoolHistoricalRaisedUniversityGoing To CollegeColleges And UniversitiesDelawareAfter High School Author:Michael N. Castle
“I was born black, I attended all Negro schools including college, I grew up in the segregated South during Jim Crow. If anybody knows a racist, I do. Pat Buchanan ain't no racist.” IfsKnowsSchoolBlackBornCollegeGrewGrew UpSouthIncludingScaryRacistCrowJim Crow Author:Ezola B. Foster
“The next Republican that will win will campaign in the Latino community, will campaign amongst Asian-Americans, will campaign in the black churches, will campaign in college campuses.” NextWinningBlackCommunityChurchCollegeRepublicanCampaignsAsianLatinoCampusAsian AmericanCollege CampusBlack Church Author:Jeb Bush
“In college I was one of six males who auditioned for five male roles in a comedy play. I was the one rejected. At that moment I made up my mind never to place myself at the mercy of some pompous, goateed, black-turtleneck-shirted "should I yay him or nay him?" pantywaist ever again.” ShouldMindMadePlayMomentsBlackRolesFiveComedyCollegeSixMercyMalesThat MomentShould IRejectedPompousTurtlenecksYay Author:Emo Philips
“Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you.” FirstsPersonsBlackCollegeRelatedFirst PersonButlersGoing To College Author:Lee Daniels
“I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.” MenUsedBlackWalksCollegeDegreesCollege Degree Author:Jayson Blair
“If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.” IfsMeanKidsNamesBlackWhiteGrowing UpGrowingPlayerCollegeTownsChestsKids Growing UpOur Town Author:Frank Deford