Margo Jefferson - I was born in 1947, and my generation, like its predecessors, was taught that sinc...

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I was born in 1947, and my generation, like its predecessors, was taught that since our achievements received little notice or credit from white America, we were not to discuss our faults, lapses, or uncertainties in public.

Margo Jefferson

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Ich wurde 1947 geboren, und meiner Generation wurde wie ihren Vorgängern beigebracht, dass wir unsere Fehler, Fehler oder Ungewissheiten in der Öffentlichkeit nicht besprechen sollten, da unsere Leistungen wenig Beachtung oder Anerkennung durch das weiße Amerika erhielten.

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