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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”
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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”

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"I always wonder about the person's mother — she saw him first and I saw him last."
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"I always wonder about the person's mother — she saw him first and I saw him last."

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"Now it's like I have another family to stay clean for."
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"Now it's like I have another family to stay clean for."

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“Whatever was needed to be done — I did it.”
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“Whatever was needed to be done — I did it.”

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“You were coming toward me with blood on your hands, going, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay.’”
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“You were coming toward me with blood on your hands, going, ‘It’s okay. It’s okay.’”

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“Everybody was very quiet when they buried Mr. Spanish.”
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“Everybody was very quiet when they buried Mr. Spanish.”

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"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."
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"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."

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"I put you through hell."
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"I put you through hell."

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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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“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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“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."
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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."

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"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."
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"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."
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"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.”
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“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.”
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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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“The letters were everything.”
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“The letters were everything.”

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"I applied to NASA four times."
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"I applied to NASA four times."

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"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
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"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.”
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“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.'"
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“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"

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