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“The school's mascot was a Confederate colonel...”
3:22
“The school's mascot was a Confederate colonel...”
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“I remember sitting in the same exact spot for seven hours crying, and not one person approached me. Not one person made eye contact with me.”
3:03
“I remember sitting in the same exact spot for seven hours crying, and not one person approached me. Not one person made eye contact with me.”
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"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
2:37
"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
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"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."
3:09
"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."
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"The hardest thing I do every day is decide to go outside or not."
3:17
"The hardest thing I do every day is decide to go outside or not."
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“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”
3:22
“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”
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“My father did what no black man at the time was supposed to do, he allowed his car to run out of gas.”
3:11
“My father did what no black man at the time was supposed to do, he allowed his car to run out of gas.”
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“The letters were everything.”
3:00
“The letters were everything.”
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"I applied to NASA four times."
3:41
"I applied to NASA four times."
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"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
3:10
"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
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“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”
2:53
“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”
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“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"
2:48
“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"
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"I can’t make up for half of your life that I missed."
3:25
"I can’t make up for half of your life that I missed."
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"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."
2:18
"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."
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“He was living the American Dream.”
3:07
“He was living the American Dream.”
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“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”
3:48
“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”
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"She used to always tell me that, as long as she was alive, our son and I would never want for anything."
3:07
"She used to always tell me that, as long as she was alive, our son and I would never want for anything."
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"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."
2:24
"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."
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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
3:11
"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
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“Everybody knew my father but me. I just felt cheated.”
3:15
“Everybody knew my father but me. I just felt cheated.”
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