[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.
AISHA HINDS[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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 is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot.
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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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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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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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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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But truthfully, we have so many stories, lives and subjects to explore that I’d love to keep pushing towards new knowledge.
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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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When you understand the purpose [of life], then you can deal and journey through the obstacles, the rejections, the stops and starts, highs-and-lows with a different lens because you know that you’re moving in what you’re supposed to do.
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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.
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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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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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