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> [If not for food stamps, Medicaid, and various job programs, I would never have gone on to be the first in my family to go to college, the first black woman to represent my ward on the Cleveland City Council,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/if-not-for-food-stamps-medicaid-and-various-job-programs-i-would/)

[Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/nina-turner-3107_city_if-not-for-food-stamps-medicaid-and-vari_8050.jpg)

> [When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-coyote/when-i-got-to-grinnell-college-i-was-part-of-the-black-turtleneck/)

[Peter Coyote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-coyote/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/peter-coyote-15778_black_when-i-got-to-grinnell-college-i-was-par_633294.png)

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