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“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”
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“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”

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"I thought something was really wrong with me..."
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"I thought something was really wrong with me..."

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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”

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"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."
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"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."

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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”

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"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."
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"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."

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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”

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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”
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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”

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“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”
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“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”

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“I’m speaking with the man who killed my son.”
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“I’m speaking with the man who killed my son.”

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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 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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“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.”
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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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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"
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"What is it that people who have never been incarcerated before don’t get?"

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"When you don’t want to be somewhere, you embrace that, so you don’t go back there."
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"When you don’t want to be somewhere, you embrace that, so you don’t go back there."