Light Colored

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or colored:

“She said, “as the light on the dashboard ran
Along the bushes at the roadside a man’s face.
You must have seen it too.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“It seemed a long way from 143rd Street. Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Dancing with the Duke of Devonshire was a long way from not being allowed to bowl in Jefferson City, Missouri, because the white customers complained about it.”
—Althea Gibson (b. 1927)