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I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday scho

I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began. – John Henrik Clarke

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Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice it whitens only the hair. – Ira Gershwin

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The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older. – Hume Cronyn

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