Carolina QuotesI think blacks have a different acceptance of reality than white people. We're more realistic.
Barbara Gardner Proctor Carolinian
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Barbara Proctor, first African-American woman to own an advertising agency. January 16, 2019
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It became quite apparent to me that if I did not begin to control my own destiny, I was going to have it changed about every five minutes. So I took the time, energy, and expense to start my own agency.
We made it clear that we were different. We said that we would not take liquor and cigarettes, which was kind of an interesting position for a small [advertising] agency to come out with – starting out by saying who we weren’t interested in.
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