I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say the United States won the war and saved the world.
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Type: Athlete Born: November 3, 1918 |
“This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.”
“I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.”