RaceTo230

“I was invited. And even though I anticipated their reaction, their racism isn’t my problem. Racism belongs to the people who are racists.”
― Marie Benedict, The First Ladies

“He never asked for anybody’s pity for how his family earned a living because when the struggle bore fruit in the lives of the children, and they found their way to freedom, that’s all that mattered, and by that definition, Ernie and Matilda Moore were indeed people of means.”
― Nancy Johnson, People of Means

“You must never apologize for a sin someone else has committed,” she says with a shake of her head.”
― Marie Benedict, The First Ladies

“Part of the struggle to make change is the struggle to get the right change-makers in place.”
― Marie Benedict, The First Ladies