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- The country still 
was very segregated.

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- [Man] There were no African 
Americans living there.

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You know, they tried 
to purchase 50 acres

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and they had to send 
Orpheus who looked white.

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- To cut the deal 
to sell the property

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was probably a normal 
thing for them to do.

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But then they learned 
that he's married

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to Marian Anderson and 
the deal now is off.

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The sellers were saying

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that if we sell you the property

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then the property around that 
would have no real value.

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- [Man] They expanded the 
purchase to a hundred acres.

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They thought that 
would scare them off.

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But they did, they did 
buy the hundred acres

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and they had a real farm there.

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- [Marian] The horses 
that we have here,

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when they see you coming 
they'll come up to the gate

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and make a nice little 
sound to let you know

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that they're glad you're here.

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- She had calves, 
pigs, not, you know

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those cute little pigs. 
Hogs, those big, big hogs.

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They had Kerry Blue Terriers,

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beautiful, beautiful dogs.

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Chickens, they 
had some chickens.

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So it was quite a place.

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And I remember going 
there when I was a kid

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and just being totally 
fascinated by all of that.

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