The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
AISHA HINDS[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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 was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark of the high calling on my life, wherever that takes me.
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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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[Harriet Tubman] is a legend, an icon, a soldier on the side of justice, a spiritual warrior, and a servant of God.
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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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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship later in life, the foundation they laid is what my faith was built upon.
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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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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.
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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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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.
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Her spirit is one that we absolutely need today, as we face odds that are akin to the divisive and systemic oppression that we read about in our history books, but it’s taken on a modern-day articulation of itself.
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