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I've always hated being hemmed in or seeing anybody being hemmed in. Even when I was the smallest child, I couldn't bear being told I couldn't drink at a so-called white drinking fountain.
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
Born: Jun 6, 1939

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Drinking, White, Hated, Seeing, Bear, Drink, Smallest, Always, Child, Anybody, Being, So-Called, Even, Fountain

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