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That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin It's by my character.

Pam Grier

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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