Marva Nettles Collins

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    I think what everybody calls a miracle is just common sense.... You can look at the attitudes when people come in. That’s why they call it a miracle. These are black kids and they’re not supposed to know the things they know and achieve the way they are achieving.
    —Marva Nettles Collins (b. 1936)

    I think what everybody calls a miracle is just common sense.... You can look at the attitudes when people come in. That’s why they call it a miracle. These are black kids and they’re not supposed to know the things they know and achieve the way they are achieving.
    —Marva Nettles Collins (b. 1936)

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    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)