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Josephine Baker Quotes: Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.
         

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.


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Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.
         



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We must change the system of education and instruction. Unfortunately, history has shown us that brotherhood must be learned, when it should be natural.



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Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be equal on Earth as in Heaven.



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