Rosa Lee`s parents were black rural share croppers from the South who moved to Washington D.C. in order to escape racial oppression, economic exploitation and segregation and to find a better life and work there. ... There were times when there were as many as seventeen adults and children living together in one apartment. ... That is an example for racism and colour consciousness within the black community. ... She worked at a table dance bar and would sell drugs to some of her costumers in order to earn extra money. ... He even started an opium business over there. ...

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