When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 20s 30s 40s
When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark. Ed Smith blackcommunitydark share on social
So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops. Ed Smith 1940sbasisboy share on social
There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing. Ed Smith clthecomplexiondiscriminate share on social
There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now. Candace Bushnell 20s30smatter Change image and share on social
I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come. Celine Dion 20sback Change image and share on social
When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to die of heart attacks and tumors, so we take notice of the effects of aging. S. Jay Olshansky 40sagingattack Change image and share on social