A Quote by Jewell Parker Rhodes

I was born in a ghetto on the North Side of Pittsburgh. I was born as Emmett Till was dying and the civil rights era was being born.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Being Born Civil Civil Rights Dying Emmett Till Era Ghetto North Pittsburgh Rights Side Till

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Jewell Parker Rhodes
American - Novelist
Born: 1954

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Shawn Mullins

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Smith Wigglesworth

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Clyde Edgerton

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Rush Limbaugh

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Roberto Clemente

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