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We are the only human beings in the world with . . . 57 varieties of complexions who are classed together as a single racial unit. Therefore, we are truly colored people, and that is the only name in the English language which accurately describes us.

Source: Letter to the Editor, in The Washington Post, 14 May 1949.
-- Mary Church Terrell, (Sep 23 1863-1954), US social reformer; She worked to improve women's rights and equality for blacks; first president of National Association of Colored Women, 1896-1904.

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