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good black don't crack
Alternative form of black don't crack
2010 Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robert , →ISBN “Good black don't crack ,” the late Buck O'Neil liked to joke when people complimented Buck's appearance.
2011 Finding Dignity , →ISBN 86 :Big Melba says those light ones age quickly and poorly, but good black don't crack .”
2015 Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel , →ISBN “Chile, good black don't crack .” Grandma smiled.
2016 A Weekend Affair , →ISBN “You're forty?” I looked him up and down. Damn, forty was looking like that these days? I thought. I guess the old adage good black don't crack was real.
