The mind does not take its complexion from the skin. ✨ Frederick Dougl…

Frederick Douglass
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The mind does not take its complexion from the skin. ✨ Frederick Douglass, Milton Meltzer (1995). Frederick Douglass, in his own words, Harcourt Children's Books
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