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.
AISHA HINDSIt’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.
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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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman.
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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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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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 think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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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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I did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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[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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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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