I walked away from the craft because I wanted to know that this is what I was supposed to do with my life.
AISHA HINDSHarriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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[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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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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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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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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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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