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Well, help me, Mr. Wagner. You helped me move my furniture into my house when you thought it was going to be my coffin... you oughta be able to lift a little crate.

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 00:12:33 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Not many Memphis girls come home from college with two, three degrees.

- And look at these gifts! Everybody you ever knew sent you something. Look.

- Where's Tom Moss?

- Young Tom Moss? He's an up-and-coming market man now, you know.

- I'd like to see him.

- Well, it is time he got here...

- Yes, he said he wouldn't miss your homecoming!

- In fact, he sent you a gift, right along with the other folks. Here... I'll lift it. In this here crate.

- Well, help me, Mr. Wagner. You helped me move my furniture into my house when you thought it was going to be my coffin... you oughta be able to lift a little crate.

- Sure, sure, John... Here you are. I'll see what's in it...

- There. Nothing but red apples. And a note saying 'don't let your big mouth eat 'em all-save half' for me... I'll be there!

- You're home, girl!

- And I felt the warmth of the people around me and forgot the years I'd lived in terror...

- When my father went out to convince his neighbors he was free.

[...]

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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