Family Matters (TV Series)
Fight the Good Fight (1991)
Kellie Shanygne Williams: Laura Winslow
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Quotes
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Laura Lee Winslow : Hey, my locker's open!
[finds a note hanging on the door]
Laura Lee Winslow : Oh my God.
Steve Urkel : Laura, what's wrong?
Laura Lee Winslow : [reading note] 'If you want black history, go back to Africa'.
Steve Urkel : What?
[takes note and crumbles it, Laura slams locker door, revealing the word 'Nigger' spray painted on it]
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Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Laura, when I was about your age, I LOVED to read, just like you. But our little town only had ONE library, and it was for whites only.
Laura Lee Winslow : You couldn't check out a book?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : I couldn't even go in. And even then I knew it wasn't right. So one day I decided to do something about it. So I walked in the library, sugar, I couldn't believe my eyes, there were THOUSANDS of books just sitting there waiting to be read.
Laura Lee Winslow : Did they let you take one?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : The librarian, a white man that I'd known all my life, pushed me out into the street and told me never to come back.
Laura Lee Winslow : Did you cry?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : All the way home, and the next day I cried all the way back to the library.
Laura Lee Winslow : You went back?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Every day for 6 months. People stopped and starred, called me names, and some even spit at me.
Laura Lee Winslow : Weren't you scared?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Was I ever! And sometimes I was sorry I ever started the whole thing, but I didn't quit. Finally, one rainy day, I walked in dripping wet, and that same man that pushed me out, shook his head and gave me a library card. And from that day on, EVERYBODY could use that library.
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Laura : I couldn't have done this without you.
Steve Urkel : Oh, please, Laura. You're making me blush.
Laura : You know, I just don't get why people are so afraid of our history.
Steve Urkel : Well, because it's different. And believe you me, I know what being different is all about.
Laura : Well, I admire you for that.
Steve Urkel : Oh, pasha, you're making me blush again.
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Harriette Winslow : Laura, you've had your head in those books all morning, got a big test coming up?
Laura Lee Winslow : Nope, this is Black History Month. Did you know an African American helped design the blueprint for Washington, D.C.?
Carl Otis Winslow : Yep, Benjamin Banneker.
Laura Lee Winslow : Hey, not bad.
Carl Otis Winslow : Hey, your old man's read a book or two.
Laura Lee Winslow : Now, for the championship and the toaster oven, who made the first patented shoe sewing machine?
Carl Otis Winslow : Uh, uh...
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Buzz!
Laura Lee Winslow : Grandma!
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : It was Jan Matzeliger, in 1883.
Laura Lee Winslow : Yeah, that's right, how'd you know?
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Who do you think bought his first pair of shoes?
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Harriette Winslow : Now here's something I didn't know. Alexandre Dumas was black.
Carl Otis Winslow : The guy who wrote The Three Musketeers?
Harriette Winslow : Yeah.
Laura Lee Winslow : Most people don't know that.
Harriette Winslow : Why? Don't they teach Black History at your school?
Laura Lee Winslow : Yeah, but only for one month.
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : That's one month longer than they taught it to me.
Laura Lee Winslow : Well that really bugs me. I mean we've made contributions to this country for over 300 years, but you wouldn't know it looking at most history books, it's not fair.
Carl Otis Winslow : Well sweetheart, if you feel that strongly about it, maybe you should do something about it.
Laura Lee Winslow : Maybe I will.
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Maxine : Ugh, what is this?
[picks up a single serving container of gross looking food in the cafeteria]
Laura Lee Winslow : If you have to ask, pass.
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Carl Otis Winslow : [Laura comes home distraught] Laura, what happened?
Laura Lee Winslow : [in tears] Daddy, everything's a mess!
Harriette Winslow : Laura, did somebody do something to you?
Laura Lee Winslow : No, it's the whole school! The black kids won't talk to the white kids, people are calling each other names, taking sides! And it's all my fault.
Carl Otis Winslow : *Your* fault?
Laura Lee Winslow : If I hadn't started that petition, none of this would've happened. I just wanted to make things better but I ended up making them worse!
Harriette Winslow : Honey, that's not true. None of this is your fault.
Carl Otis Winslow : That's right, that petition was a great idea.
Laura Lee Winslow : No it wasn't. I wish I'd never done it. I just wish it would all go away, Daddy.
[cries]
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Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Laura, do you mind if your old grandmother tells you a story?
Laura Lee Winslow : Grandma, you're not old.
Estelle 'Mother' Winslow : Good answer! No wonder you're my favorite grandchild.