Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
AISHA HINDSI almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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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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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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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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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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I think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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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 felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice.
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