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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”
3:33
“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."
2:21
"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."
2:47
"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.”
2:55
“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.’”
3:11
“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.”
3:06
“Everybody was very quiet when they buried Mr. Spanish.”
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"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."
3:02
"My father was the keeper of the temple of knowledge."
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"I put you through hell."
3:39
"I put you through hell."
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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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