In an interview with Robert G. O'Meally in 1976, Ralph Ellison said
"...you certainly can't challenge the United States that way, because there are too many violent people who want to do nothing but kill blacks! There is a tradition for that. Our parents knew it. They weren't afraid. They were afraid of getting the white folks afraid!"
"My Strength Comes From Louis Armstrong" page 281 in Living With Music by Ralph Ellison
1976.
46 years ago.
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