I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American. - Yaya DaCosta

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For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound, then things do not go on prosperously here on earth.

Yaya DaCosta

I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

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I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.

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My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

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