This quote is written / told by Carl Van Vechten between June 17, 1880 and December 21, 1964. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 4 other quotes.
"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"
"Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent"