Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:
“There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.”
—Elizabeth I (15331603)
“Mighty few young black women are doin domestic work. And Im glad. Thats why I want my kids to go to school. This one lady told me, All you people are gettin like that. I said, Im glad. Theres no more gettin on their knees.”
—Maggie Holmes, African American domestic worker. As quoted in Working, book 3, by Studs Terkel (1973)
“My little bout-town gal has gone
Bout town with powder and blue dye
On her pale lids....”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
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