I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
AISHA HINDS[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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She was inspired by being sick and tired of the injustice she was experiencing and she knew she had a right to liberty or death.
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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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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.
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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.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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Learning about her and the layers of her helps you to see that the same woman who holds a gun and an axe felt feelings for a man.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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That is a huge part of my excitement, the fact that this generation will get such a beautifully-detailed introduction to a hero and icon that has largely lived in a few pages of our history books and in one-dimensional photographs.
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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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