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The first thing that stuck in the minds of the disciples was not the empty tomb, but rather the empty grave clothes - undisturbed in form and position.

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Annie Elizabeth Delany

I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this term African American. It wouldn't occur to me to use that. I prefer to think of myself as an American, that's all!

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I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!

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I think I'm just as good as anyone. That's the way I was brought up. I'll tell you a secret: I think I'm better! Ha! I remember being aware that colored people were supposed to feel inferior. I knew I was a smart little thing, a personality, an individual - a human being! I couldn't understand how people could look at me and not see that, because it sure was obvious to me.

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[My mother told me:] "You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career. ". . . I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?

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It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us.

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When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he'd be washing dishes somewhere.

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