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In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

Afeni Shakur

Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.
AFENI SHAKUR

Contribution Country Help Measurement Myself People Work
Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.
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Death Himself Live Powerful
The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son’s materials.
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Archive Job Material Myself Son
I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac’s entire body of work is made available for his fans.
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Believe Body Fans Myself Responsibility Work
I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.
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Feeling Home Myself Rest Wife
I have no secrets. Neither did Tupac, neither does my daughter. We don’t live behind secrets, we don’t live lies, we are who we are, and we are pretty happy to be who we are.
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Daughter Happiness Live Myself Secret
We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice.
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Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it’s worth a lot.
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That’s what Tupac and I got from my dad – the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for being different.
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Different Father Fight Myself Rebel
I learned that I can’t save the world, but I can help a child at a time.
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I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the depth of his humanity.
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Art Deep Honest Humanity Myself Person Son
I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he’s been gone than they did when he was here.
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I just need to do Pac’s work. I just need to. Maybe because I’m a recovering addict, I’m obsessed like that.
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I might be the only one who’s never taken a dime from my son.
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I’m grateful my son was – as any mother would say, I had a very good son.
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I have respect for my son because he had sense enough to take responsibility for his own actions.
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Action Enough Himself Respect Responsibility

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