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That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.

That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.

Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary

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Kathryn Stockett
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Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Kathryn Stockett: documented activity in 2009. Wikidata Q240515, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240515 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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