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The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
James McBride
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James McBride
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 4
Jazz Musician
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I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.
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I just read history books. I read nothing but history books. They have so much to give I wish I'd majored in history in college.
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Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.
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My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.
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