"Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.“


-Ethel Waters

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Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

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