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“Through all my years
enslaved,
I've listened to
ancestral voices
echoing through
my weariness,
giving me strength
to withstand injustice,
to believe in myself
and survive.
May our songs and stories
keep alive in us
the will to grow in learning.
The longing to be free!”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
enslaved,
I've listened to
ancestral voices
echoing through
my weariness,
giving me strength
to withstand injustice,
to believe in myself
and survive.
May our songs and stories
keep alive in us
the will to grow in learning.
The longing to be free!”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
“I've walked a long trail,
a long trail of years
flushed with tears.
Tears of remembrance.
Years of driven labor
have not driven
the ancestral thoughts
out of me.
My memory of teaching—
surrounded by children,
singing songs of our people,
the stories of our history—
lives always with me...
Song shields our hearts from abuse,
draws us together,
strengthens our lives.”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
a long trail of years
flushed with tears.
Tears of remembrance.
Years of driven labor
have not driven
the ancestral thoughts
out of me.
My memory of teaching—
surrounded by children,
singing songs of our people,
the stories of our history—
lives always with me...
Song shields our hearts from abuse,
draws us together,
strengthens our lives.”
― Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
“Revealing aspects of the mystery of being human is life's inexhaustible research. Through the adventures of art, we find the meaning of our lives.”
― Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
― Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
