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Henry Ossawa Tanner

"I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow."

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"I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow."

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"Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise."
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