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In a few years you'll understand more about how the government's really run than all the books in the world can teach you.

8 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - Peace Mediator classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:08:00 in the radio play.

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- There's about as much chance of a colored kid 'round here doing anything with that as there is for you to... say... discover the biggest scoop of the year.

- I've heard you say that before.

- I'll say it again for your own good.

- Political science in school's one thing... in the wide world it's another.

- Now look, concentrate on being' a good cub reporter. Go 'round the suburbs and pick up anything your valedictorian soul regards as news...

- We probably can't use much of it... but you'll be learning'.

- In a few years you'll understand more about how the government's really run than all the books in the world can teach you.

- Now get out and keep your eyes open.

- He remembered how he had gone out and kept his eyes open, and day by day brought in news that never touched the papers...

- Until the night he walked to town and on a quiet road stumbled upon the biggest story of his life.

- He remembered how his toe struck something soft on the ground, and he bent low and recognized the town's new grocery man...

- Mr. Rose! Mr. Rose!

- Straighten up, kid and keep your mouth shut!

- But... But don't you see? It's Mr. Rose!

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes 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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