I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.
-- Billy Eckstine
   
Billy Eckstine   Name:
Billy Eckstine
Type:
Musician
Nationality:
American
Birth:
July 8, 1914
Death:
March 8, 1993
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