[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.
AISHA HINDSOne of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO.
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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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The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you.
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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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One or the other she was going to have by any means necessary.
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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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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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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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As well as the one of the baddest women to literally ever walk the land. I surrendered to her spirit.
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We’re living in a time where we all got to stay woke !
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Thank God for Canada! In the context of this narrative [in Underground] and beyond.
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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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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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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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It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ].
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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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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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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 went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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