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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”
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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”

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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”
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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”

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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."
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"I remember just getting on my back and floating. And the next thing I remember, the EMTs were pulling me up on a boat."

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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”
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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”

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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”
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“I said, ‘I like you more than any other male except my Papa.’”

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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”
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“Me being able to climb up there and help was kind of like I was part of the crew.”

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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”
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“I remember you asked us, ‘Do I have to call you Mommy?’”

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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”
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“I want people to look at us as human beings who went through a lot, and survived.”

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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."
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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."
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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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“There’s vultures circling all the time.”
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“There’s vultures circling all the time.”

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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”
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“I remember feeding him; watching him close his eyes with each spoonful.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”
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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."
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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."

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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”
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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”

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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”
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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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