[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
AISHA HINDSCanada was certainly an additional option for the many traveling the treacherous terrain of the Underground Railroad in pursuit of what was perceived as “freedom.”
More Aisha Hinds Quotes
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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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I almost believe that Harriet Tubman asked God for a leave like, “I’m gonna need to go back down there and take care of some things. They’re in trouble.”
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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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I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in “The Word” and filled the atmosphere with worship.
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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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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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Very early on in this process though I studied acting in high school and college, soon after graduation,
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[Harriet Tubman] lived such a full, complex, and irrefutably-dynamic life that all the craft in the world would be insufficient in honoring her legacy.
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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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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 did my homework, of course, by inhaling as much literature as was available to find.
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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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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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