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.
AISHA HINDSLearning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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The dark of my eyes, the fullness of my lips, and coal in my complexion.
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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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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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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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[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
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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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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Remakes are awesome, especially when it honors yet adds a new component or dimension to the original.
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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 real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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