Bernice L. McFadden Quotes

J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.

Bernice L. McFadden

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• J.W. and Roy didn’t just snatch the childhood away from Emmett; they stole it from every single black child in Mississippi.

  

  Bernice L. McFadden
  • Childhood
  • Stole
  • Black Child