“[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.”

The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.

I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.

The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.

Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.

It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.

The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.

Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.

I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.

Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we’ve completed any course of study… and approach the work as a servant, not a star.

Learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.

But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.

One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.

Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn’t just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.

I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.

When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.

I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.

In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

When you’re buying a pair of TOMS, if you don’t feel like you’re part of a community, then I’ve failed.

Sociologists well understand that chaos at home causes violent behavior, educational failure and social alienation among children.

Service standards keep rising. As competitors render better and better service, customers become more demanding. Their expectations grow.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.