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The only thing you could train for if you were a black girl in the South, rural, poor, was a teacher or hairdresser, and a nurse.

— Barbara Gardner Proctor

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You can only do it when you don’t know you can’t do it.

Nothing is more absurd. Power is sexless.

I think blacks have a different acceptance of reality than white people. We're more realistic.

It was during the days of the black revolution.

When you buy inclusion and acceptance with conformity, the price bankrupts us spiritually. My greatest wealth is not financial. It is peace of mind.

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