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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.

Aisha Hinds

One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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Broadway Character Memory Perform Reflection Show Watch Woman
The masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.
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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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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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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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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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She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.
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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 did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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You know, to be completely disgusted with injustice to the point that you will have to take some huge leaps of faith. And it may take one person leading many.
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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 dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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 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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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Exhale Hopeful Shoot Time
[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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