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An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.

I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students.

Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white kids and three Asians. 'Diverse' has become a synonym for 'segregated.'

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.