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“They wanted pretty girls; they didn't mention color. Three hundred girls applied, I was the only black chosen."

— Barbara Walden

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“I didn't mind playing maids, but the dialogue was ridiculous.”

“The timing was right in the early 1970's. Black women were getting better jobs, had more money to spend and were interested in their looks.”

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