Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.
— Zora Neale Hurston Modern

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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How It Feels to Be Colored Me

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1928

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/65738/65738-h/65738-h.htm

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