Johnnie Tillmon

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    For Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail
    Always used to say that stout and ale
    Was good for a baby in a milking pail.
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    I will never accept that I got a free ride. It wasn’t free at all. My ancestors were brought here against their will. They were made to work and help build the country. I worked in the cotton fields from the age of seven. I worked in the laundry for twenty- three years. I worked for the national organization for nine years. I just retired from city government after twelve-and-a- half years.
    —Johnnie Tillmon (b. 1926)