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 had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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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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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 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.”
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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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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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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It’s no mistake that Harriet Tubman is revisiting us, in different forms, right now, as we travel through a very contentious time in the world.
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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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