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Isabel Wilkerson quotes: It would take more than fifteen years before most of the South conceded to the Brown ruling and then only under additional court orders.

It would take more than fifteen years before most of the South conceded to the Brown ruling and then only under additional court orders.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: From Louisiana, he followed the hyphens in the road that blurred together toward a faraway place, bridging unrelated things as hyphens do.

From Louisiana, he followed the hyphens in the road that blurred together toward a faraway place, bridging unrelated things as hyphens do.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: Dozens of school districts forwent federal funding rather than integrate their schools.

Dozens of school districts forwent federal funding rather than integrate their schools.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: The general laws of migration hold that the greater the obstacles and the farther the distance traveled, the more ambitious the migrants.

The general laws of migration hold that the greater the obstacles and the farther the distance traveled, the more ambitious the migrants.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: The state funneled money to private academies for white students.

The state funneled money to private academies for white students.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: because of a chemical in his skin that some people resented and felt superior to and that no one on this earth could change.

because of a chemical in his skin that some people resented and felt superior to and that no one on this earth could change.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: You must leave this world a better place than it would have been if you had not existed.

You must leave this world a better place than it would have been if you had not existed.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: Still it made no sense to Pershing that one set of people could be in a cage, and the people outside couldn't see the bars.

Still it made no sense to Pershing that one set of people could be in a cage, and the people outside couldn't see the bars.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: As the distance of migration increases," wrote the migration scholar Everett Lee, "the migrants become an increasingly superior group.

As the distance of migration increases," wrote the migration scholar Everett Lee, "the migrants become an increasingly superior group.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: They speak like melted butter and their children speak like footsteps on pavement ...

They speak like melted butter and their children speak like footsteps on pavement ...

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left.

They did what human beings looking for freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: It occurred to me that no matter where I lived, geography could not save me.

It occurred to me that no matter where I lived, geography could not save me.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: But black students were left on their own.

But black students were left on their own.

Isabel Wilkerson quotes: People leave when life becomes untenable where they are.

People leave when life becomes untenable where they are.