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“It's not just swimming around looking at fish. You're swimming around looking at history.”
2:55

“It's not just swimming around looking at fish. You're swimming around looking at history.”

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“He obviously saw something in me that I maybe didn't see in myself.”
1:50

“He obviously saw something in me that I maybe didn't see in myself.”

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“Being the only Black female….I wanted a partner.”
2:44

“Being the only Black female….I wanted a partner.”

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“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”
3:20

“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"
2:36

"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
1:50

“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”

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“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”
3:48

“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”

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"The way that I look at my job as a vendor, I’m a professional athlete."
2:09

"The way that I look at my job as a vendor, I’m a professional athlete."

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"I decided, 'Heck, I’m going to take my telescope on the street, and invite people to look at the moon!'"

"I decided, 'Heck, I’m going to take my telescope on the street, and invite people to look at the moon!'"

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"I just wanted the pain to stop."
2:27

"I just wanted the pain to stop."

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"A lot of the older guys didn't think I should be there."
2:13

"A lot of the older guys didn't think I should be there."

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"I wanted a picture of the person who had allowed me to live."

"I wanted a picture of the person who had allowed me to live."

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"What was the hardest part about me being gone?"
1:55

"What was the hardest part about me being gone?"

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"I looked in those big green eyes, and I was a done deal."

"I looked in those big green eyes, and I was a done deal."

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"I do the decorating, paperwork, whatever law enforcement's needed."

"I do the decorating, paperwork, whatever law enforcement's needed."

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"She died on an incident that I sent her on."
2:55

"She died on an incident that I sent her on."

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"You followed my footsteps and I thought it was great."

"You followed my footsteps and I thought it was great."

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"I turned on all the tricks that I knew..."

"I turned on all the tricks that I knew..."

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"My husband was the physical training officer for the fliers..."

"My husband was the physical training officer for the fliers..."

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Fountain Hughes, Former Slave
2:42

Fountain Hughes, Former Slave