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“The school's mascot was a Confederate colonel...”
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“The school's mascot was a Confederate colonel...”

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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.”
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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.”

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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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"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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“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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“If you had walked away and left me there, nobody would have looked askance.”
2:45

“If you had walked away and left me there, nobody would have looked askance.”

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"Why are you asking these questions?"
2:44

"Why are you asking these questions?"

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"Have you ever been called the n-word?"
2:49

"Have you ever been called the n-word?"

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"Not a lot of people become a mom at 28 to teenage daughters."
2:32

"Not a lot of people become a mom at 28 to teenage daughters."

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"I really truly believed that Grandpa was bulletproof."
3:01

"I really truly believed that Grandpa was bulletproof."

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"I have your name so I have to set a good example."
2:20

"I have your name so I have to set a good example."

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"You know where I been. You know where I hurt."
2:00

"You know where I been. You know where I hurt."

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"They intended to get all of us January the 10th, 1966."
2:29

"They intended to get all of us January the 10th, 1966."

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"I think I survived it by always having hope."
3:06

"I think I survived it by always having hope."

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"You were my first child, I was so glad you were born."

"You were my first child, I was so glad you were born."

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"I felt like a superhero."

"I felt like a superhero."

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"It’s not his bad days that are hard, it’s my bad days that are hard."

"It’s not his bad days that are hard, it’s my bad days that are hard."

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"You're like a little piece of Mommy on Earth."
2:45

"You're like a little piece of Mommy on Earth."

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"I remember feeling this tremendous weight of fear of what my life would be like."
2:49

"I remember feeling this tremendous weight of fear of what my life would be like."

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"The way that I look at my job as a vendor, I’m a professional athlete."
2:09

"The way that I look at my job as a vendor, I’m a professional athlete."

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