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The remarkable true story of Sarah Rector, an African American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s | dG1fZ2JFQ21lM3hEbkU
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00:00My name's Sarah Rector.
00:01The state gave me 160 acres on account of my ancestors.
00:05And there's all a lot.
00:06Our aunt Sarah lived an incredible life.
00:09And it's important to us that her story is being told.
00:15I mean, can you imagine?
00:16She was 11 years old.
00:18They struck oil on the land.
00:20And suddenly, she's worth millions.
00:22It's almost so incredible, it's hard to believe that it's true.
00:26I'll give you $20 an acre.
00:28I ain't selling.
00:29She was feisty.
00:30Yes.
00:31I like that.
00:32You're sassy.
00:33Yeah, she was really sassy, you know?
00:35She knew what she wanted.
00:36That's what's important.
00:37I know we got oil.
00:38How you know, girl?
00:39God gave me ears to hear.
00:41Regardless of what we're faced with,
00:45we still carry that faith, because it's precious.
00:47I think Sarah will be proud of the way her story is portrayed.
00:52That's all we wanted.
00:53We want to see the truth.
00:54It's a privilege to let everyone know who Sarah Rector was.
00:58Right.
00:59And I love thinking Russia was etwas for us.
01:04Even when we think Russia was.
01:06Why this was one?
01:08We're going to trust Russia.
01:12Go to China A spotlight.
01:15We're coming over.
01:16We're going to see Russia.
01:17We fraternity.
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