I pulled myself up off the capital's streets and slowly towards the home of George Washington.

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10 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Long Road (The story of Mary Church Terrell) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:28:05 in the radio play.

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- Hey! Hey woman. You hear me, woman? You deaf or something? If you're deaf, woman, you sure ain't blind. Can't you hear me?

- You're sitting in the wrong seats. White folks in the front, colored in the rear.

- You been in Washington a long time?

- A very long time.

- Then act like it.

- Are you moving or are you giving me a little trouble?

- I'm too tired to move. I guess I'm going to give you trouble.

- All right then, woman. You asked for it. Hold that door there. Now come on! Out you go!

- I pulled myself up off the capital's streets and slowly towards the home of George Washington.

- I was going to make my survey on the relations of the Negro people not only with the first president, but with the capital of the country.

- I would not 'step aside.' True, I was an old woman, but there were still fights for women to lead. There were still the fights for justice and equality and peace.

- I looked towards Mount Vernon... it was at the end of a long, long road, but I still had strength to travel it.

- You have just heard Destination Freedom's dramatization of 'The Long Road,' the story of the militant fighter for women's rights, Mary Church Terrell.

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Quotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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