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.
AISHA HINDSShe was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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Canada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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Even in past relationships, that I’m still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I’m still growing and becoming.
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You know, to be completely disgusted with injustice to the point that you will have to take some huge leaps of faith. And it may take one person leading many.
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I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
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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.
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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.
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[Harriet Tubman] lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy.
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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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