I stepped aside. And though my mother snatched at him, the ex-slave went out to convince his ex-masters that he indeed was free.

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12 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 00:07:05 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- And by George, no one is gonna to drive us out.

- What are you going to do?

- I'm going to meet them.

- It's better to go outside and 'convince' them than wait and let them take us. My gun, Mary.

- Convince them of what!?

- That slavery's over. My gun.

- Good. Now step aside girl.

- I stepped aside. And though my mother snatched at him, the ex-slave went out to convince his ex-masters that he indeed was free.

- And we huddled in the house and heard shots in the streets, heard the uproar and the rioting, and listened as it died out.

- And when the overdue dawn drove the night off, there was a knock on the door.

- I went to see if father had won his house or lost it.

- I'll go, girl. You stay here.

- All right, mother.

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The kid left her and went back to me, the trumpet, and blew until his cheeks ached and his lips cracked and split, but he kept on.

You're the one who can make the trumpet talk... and tell the truth.

All right now, girl, stand aside. Least a woman can do is to keep out of the way of those who're busy. Let the moving men by.

Listen. They say when a new music's bein' born, you get one kid like this who comes along years ahead of himself. This kid plays tomorrow's music today.

Some of these kids... are just like me. They hear the sound of a trumpet - they never forget it.

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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