Amanda Berry Smith

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    ... there is a place in the United States for the Negro. They are real American citizens, and at home. They have fought and bled and died, like men, to make this country what it is. And if they have got to suffer and die, and be lynched, and tortured, and burned at the stake, I say they are at home.
    Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915)

    ... there is a place in the United States for the Negro. They are real American citizens, and at home. They have fought and bled and died, like men, to make this country what it is. And if they have got to suffer and die, and be lynched, and tortured, and burned at the stake, I say they are at home.
    Amanda Berry Smith (1837–1915)

    Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
    —T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)

    The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from making.
    —Lillian Smith (1897–1966)