Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
AISHA HINDSOne or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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[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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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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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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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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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ 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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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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Understanding that what it is that you’re doing isn’t limited to the roles and the rejection, it’s bigger than that, it’s about your purpose in life.
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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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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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I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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