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To ensure that no African Americans migrated to Richmond unless they were essential to the war effort, the city’s police stopped African American men on the street and then arrested and jailed them if they couldn’t prove they were employed.
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“If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p. 173)”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.”
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“I think of how Grandma makes fun of love. And maybe that’s the key.”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.”
― Joe Turner's Come and Gone
― Joe Turner's Come and Gone
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