"The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.“


-Nat King Cole

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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

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