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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.

Aisha Hinds

The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction.
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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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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 think we’re in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve.
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So that when it was time to shoot I could hopefully exhale [ Harriet Tubman ].
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our country is offering a seat at the table to all the voices to be heard, a murder mystery, and grassroots look at our own humanity as we move through the parts and pieces of the story.
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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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When that drone shot carried us through the main house with Rosalie, played so unflinchingly-brilliantly by Jurnee Smollett Bell, I signed on for the ride.
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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Harriet Tubman is the perpetuation of a “Super Soul Sunday” every day.
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Learning 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.
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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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The second season of Underground does explore Canada’s role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands who were in danger of being captured and returned to their owners, and those who escaped by way of rerouting beyond the American borders.
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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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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 was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.
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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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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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Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved.
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