Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, a…

Frederick Douglass
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Despite of it all, the Negro remains... cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful. ✨ Frederick Douglass (1968). The mind and heart of Frederick Douglass: excerpts from speeches of the great Negro orator, Ty Crowell Co
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