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Quotes by Amy Hill Hearth

All I ever wanted in my life was to be treated as an individual. I have succeeded, to some extent. At least Im sure that in the Lords eyes, I am an individual. I am not a colored person, or a Negro person, in Gods eyes. I am just me! The Lord wont hold it against me that Im colored because He made me that way! He thinks I am beautiful! And so do I, even with all my wrinkles! I am beautiful!-Bessie

Anyway, they went and built this silly housing project, with us living right across the street from it. Some of the children from the housing project got into trouble. You cant just take people who dont have anything, dont know what theyre doing, pack them in a bunch of buildings, and expect its going to all work out somehow.- Sadie

Maybe freedom means defining yourself any way you want to be.

When youre in a train and it breaks down, well, there you is. But when youre in a plane and it breaks down, there you AINT.