Carolina Quotes
My children don’t feel poor like my daddy didn’t let us feel poor. I refuse to let them feel poor. I’m a motivator. I know a lot of young mothers, young parents. I like to show them—I don’t care how poor you are, you still treat a child the same.
Mildred Council Carolinian
Source
Oral history interview by Donna Clark, Chapel Hill, November 1994; Southern Oral History Program, UNC (excerpt published in Southern Cultures, 2018)
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- Southern Oral History Program interview
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- 1994
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“My children don’t feel poor like my daddy didn’t let us feel…” Mildred Council. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-29B5C50E4A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/29b5c50e4a
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