Carolina QuotesSuddenly it dawned on me that my triumphs had not destroyed the racial barriers once and for all, as I had—perhaps naively—hoped. Or if I did destroy them, they had been erected behind me again.
Althea Gibson Carolinian
Source
So Much to Live For, page 76, by Althea Gibson and Richard Curtis, Putnam (1968)
- year
- 1968
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“Suddenly it dawned on me that my triumphs had not destroyed …” Althea Gibson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9C18C7D08A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9c18c7d08a
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