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There is a certain type of white Southerner who respects certain Negro individuals.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
Individual
Certain
Southerner
Respects
Negro
Individuals
Type
White

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