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

5 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 00:13:22 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- And I waited for Tom to come and to again strike his rich, warm note.

- Instead, his younger brother came running up the steps in panic and fear!

- What is it boy? What is it?

- It's Tom! There's a riot over on Market Street. They've wrecked his store. Tom's been lynched.

- The warmth I thought I'd felt in the southern air turned thick and humid and unfriendly. And the party turned into a wake.

- I recall wandering around the streets of Memphis in a state of shock and knocking on the doors of the churches...

[...]

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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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