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Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith
Born: Sep 18, 1950

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