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 HINDSHer 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.
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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Harriet Tubman didn’t have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement.
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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 had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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