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Ronnie Spector

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Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers

2453.864

I'll tell you the truth. They had to escape. They were prisoners. So when I got a limousine, we went down the back stairs and went to Harlem. I said, I'm taking you to Harlem. Nobody will notice you up there. And they didn't. They thought they were a bunch of Spanish dorks. Because it's Spanish Harlem. So they didn't pay them any mind.

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Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers

2469.787

We went into Sherman's Barbecue, it was called, 151st and Amsterdam. They went in and they loved it because nobody recognized them. You know, the black guys are eating their ribs and the Spanish guys. And nobody paid them any attention. And it was great. They loved that, that nobody paid them any attention. See how sweet they were? They didn't care about stardom so much.

Fresh Air

Artist Mickalene Thomas Gives Black Women Their Flowers

2492.88

Oh, we're going to be on Ed Sullivan. They said, Ronnie, who's Ed Sullivan? You know.

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Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy

1563.14

I'll tell you the truth. They had to escape. They were prisoners. So I got a limousine. We went down the back stairs and went to Harlem. I said, I'm taking you to Harlem. Nobody will notice you up there. And they didn't. They thought they were a bunch of Spanish dorks. Because it's Spanish Harlem. So they didn't pay them any mind.

Fresh Air

Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy

1579.053

We went into Sherman's Barbecue, it was called, 151st and Amsterdam. They went in and they loved it because nobody recognized them. You know, the black guys are eating their ribs and the Spanish guys. And nobody paid them any attention. And it was great. They loved that, that nobody paid them any attention. See how sweet they were? They didn't care about stardom so much.

Fresh Air

Best Of: Folk Musician Jerron Paxton / Lyricist Ira Gershwin's Legacy

1602.146

Oh, we're going to be on Ed Sullivan. They said, Ronnie, who's Ed Sullivan? You know.