Ray Charles was born and raised in rural Florida. His mother was a sharecropper. When he was five he watched his brother drowned in a laundry tub. Shortly after that he lost his sight.
"Even compared to other blacks we were on the bottom of the ladder looking up at everyone else. Nothing below us except the ground."
"There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New Testament, that says, ''If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.”
"Even compared to other blacks we were on the bottom of the ladder looking up at everyone else. Nothing below us except the ground."
"There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New Testament, that says, ''If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.”
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