Fredi Washington credited as playing...
Peola Johnson
- Delilah Johnson: What's my baby want?
- Peola Johnson, Age 19: I want to be white, like I look.
- Delilah Johnson: Peola!
- Peola Johnson, Age 19: [gesturing to mirror] Look at me. Am I not white? Isn't that a white girl?
- Delilah Johnson: Peola won't you be a good child like you can be, darling, and do something for your mammy?
- Peola Johnson, Age 19: [annoyed] Oh, don't say "mammy."
- Delilah Johnson: Look here, baby. You go down South, to one of them high-toned colleges, where only the high-toned goes. Wouldn't you do that for me, honey?
- Peola Johnson, Age 19: [taken aback] A Negro school?
- Delilah Johnson: Ain't nothin' to be ashamed of, daughter dear. Meet your cross half-way. It won't be near so heavy. Go amongst your own. Quit battlin'! Your little head's sore now from buttin' against stone walls. Open up and say, "Lord, I bows my head." HE made you black, honey. Don't be tellin' Him His business. Accept it, honey. Do that for your mammy, your mother, dear.
- [Peola starts to sob, Delilah hugs her close and starts to sing a spiritual song]
- Peola Johnson, Age 19: [sobbing, at Delilah's funeral] She worked for me, slaved for me. Always thought of me first. Never of herself.