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> [“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in its race relations, but then again, nowhere else had so far to go. Mississippi had the most lynchings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grant/things-have-come-a-long-way-in-mississippi-that-s-the-usual-shorthand/)

Richard Grant

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## More by Richard Grant

> [Swaziland is a small part of south-east Africa, the last country in the continent to gain its independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grant/swaziland-is-a-small-part-of-south-east-africa-the-last-country-in/)

Richard Grant

> [You have to look at the discrepancy between what you hoped and imagined and the reality of yourself and all your shortcomings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grant/you-have-to-look-at-the-discrepancy-between-what-you-hoped-and/)

Richard Grant

> [“Things have come a long way in Mississippi. That’s the usual shorthand. Perhaps nowhere else in America has made more progress in its race…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grant/things-have-come-a-long-way-in-mississippi-that-s-the-usual-shorthand/)

Richard Grant

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