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Her legs were built like cinder blocks, and her voice would wrap all around you.
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Her legs were built like cinder blocks, and her voice would wrap all around you.

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"I'd like for my life to be about earning the death that I'd be proud of.”
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"I'd like for my life to be about earning the death that I'd be proud of.”

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“We put you into a little rice steamer.”
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“We put you into a little rice steamer.”

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‘God, give me an undefended heart.’
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‘God, give me an undefended heart.’

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I feel that his spirit will be with me for a very, very long time.
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I feel that his spirit will be with me for a very, very long time.

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“I started to do the work of a doula because of my first birth.”
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“I started to do the work of a doula because of my first birth.”

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"Girl, you bad.”
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"Girl, you bad.”

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

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"This is where we can find the things that are familiar to us and that no one's going to laugh at us.”
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"This is where we can find the things that are familiar to us and that no one's going to laugh at us.”

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“It's hands down the most meaningful thing that I've done with my life.”
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“It's hands down the most meaningful thing that I've done with my life.”

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“​​After you learned about March 1st, ‘54, did that change your relationship with your father?”
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“​​After you learned about March 1st, ‘54, did that change your relationship with your father?”

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“A lot of Black men who served this country had to also suffer indignities, even while in uniform.”
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“A lot of Black men who served this country had to also suffer indignities, even while in uniform.”

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“My entire life has been a miracle.“
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“My entire life has been a miracle.“

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“I knew that even in this worst moment of my life, that I can't fall.”
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“I knew that even in this worst moment of my life, that I can't fall.”

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“ If this was to be your very last conversation, is there anything you want to say to me?”
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“ If this was to be your very last conversation, is there anything you want to say to me?”

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“We’re this unbroken chain of family.”
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“We’re this unbroken chain of family.”

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“It makes you walk a little more upright. To say, I have a part in this.”
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“It makes you walk a little more upright. To say, I have a part in this.”

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“It was like I was seeing Mrs. Doyle and I was seeing my mother at the same time.”
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“It was like I was seeing Mrs. Doyle and I was seeing my mother at the same time.”

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Amor Eterno: Remembering Ana Guissel Palma on Día de los Muertos
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Amor Eterno: Remembering Ana Guissel Palma on Día de los Muertos

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”I just hugged the man that murdered my son.”
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”I just hugged the man that murdered my son.”