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Memorable Quotes

  • “Given my black face and upbringing it was easy for me to flee into the anonymity of blackness, yet I felt frustrated to live in a world that considers the color of your face an immediate political statement whether you like it or not”
  • “wasn't as free as it looked; that class, luck, religion all factored in as well”
  • “Yet the color boundary in my mind was and still is the greatest hurdle”

First Sentence

I'm dead.

Authors & Contributors

  1. James McBride (Author)
 

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