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leftstreet

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1. No truer words
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:08 PM
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"Segregation, making a person an inferior citizen, is a bad thing, an evil thing. I think the majority of white people would gladly see the end of it if it could be done in a way that would not involve them personally," said Elizabeth Harden Gilmore


Thank you for sharing this. And the photos, as you point out, are testament to strength and the absence of the appearance of struggle is at times jarring.

Oh, and Rochelle was a hottie! Can I say that? Hard to imagine she didn't have a ton of suitors.

DURec

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