“Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.” - Jackie “Moms” Mabley. A Mom, but not a Mabley, at the outset of her career, the Apollo theater legend lifted her last name from Beau #1, who owed her for certain favors.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.
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Love, Playing Checkers, Man, Move, Jackie "Moms" Mabley
“Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.” - Jackie “Moms” Mabley. A Mom, but not a Mabley, at the outset of her career, the Apollo theater legend lifted her last name from Beau #1, who owed her for certain favors.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.
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