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What then is this superior thing
that in order to be sustained
must needs feed upon my flesh?
How came this horror to be?
Let's look to history.
They said, the white supremacists said,
that you were better than me.
That your fair brow would never know
the sweat of slavery.
They lied!
White womanhood too is enslaved;
the difference is degree.

Beah Richards

Being is mortal insistence in a complete and perfect state, lacking no essential characteristic. Everything you need, you got. Perfect. Maybe not yet realized, but perfect, complete.

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Born: July 12, 1920

Died: September 14, 2000 (aged 80)

Bio: Beah Richards was an American actress of stage, screen and television. She was a poet, playwright and author. During her career, Richards was nominated for a Tony and an Academy Award, and received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances on television.

Known for:

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Take a Giant Step (1959)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Beloved (1998)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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