"If I thought, had any idea, that I'd ever be a slave again, I'd take a gun an' jus end it all right away. Because you're nothing but a dog. You're not a thing but a dog."

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Source: Jail time fails to curb Foxy's shopping habit by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2008.

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Fountain Hughes

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Fountain Hughes was a civil rights activist known for his powerful storytelling about resilience in the face of racial injustice.

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