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So I would go out to school and to play and to wander across the street where a boy I knew, Tom Moss, also wondered-and who would call to me...

11 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 00:02:39 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- And quietly wondered at the split personality of the social system that spawned me, that preached one way of living for white folks-and demanded a different way from black folks.

- And I asked my mother why I was unwelcome.

- Must you keep asking me that?

- I'd like to know.

- You'll get to see for yourself soon enough. You'll know.

- How will I know?

- When you don't have to ask, you'll know.

- Now go on out to get your schooling. Your father and I have work to do.

- So I would go out to school and to play and to wander across the street where a boy I knew, Tom Moss, also wondered-and who would call to me...

- Hello, Mary. Wanna piece of apple? Go on. Take half. Aw go on, bite. You got a small mouth.

- Hey, that's a nice bite. Hey! Your mouth ain't as small as I thought it was.

- I did the best I could.

- Your best is plenty good.

- Goin' my way?

- You walking down Cottonwood Street? You're not supposed to.

- It's for 'white folks' only the sign says.

[...]

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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