I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black peo…

Richard Wright
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I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive. ✨ Richard Wright (1998). Black Boy, Turtleback
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