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That kind of thing happens to black people every day in this country, and they dont receive that kind of sentence he did

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"That kind of thing happens to black people every day in this country, and they don't receive that kind of sentence he did, which was to go to prison on the weekends; I think he lectured there-an outside lecturer"

- Ishmael Reed

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This quote is written / told by Ishmael Reed somewhere between February 22, 1938 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 6 other quotes.

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