I believe that only in America can a little black girl, the daughter of a maid and a janitor, growing up in the South in the sixties, have such an amazing opportunity.
Val Demings: “I believe that only in America can a little black girl, the daughter of a maid and a janitor, growing up in the South in…”
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Demings reflects on her upbringing and the opportunities America provides.
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