Stella

“We are involved in a struggle for liberation: liberation from the exploitive and dehumanizing system of racism, from the manipulative control of a corporate society; liberation from the constrictive norms of 'mainstream' culture, from the synthetic myths that encourage us to fashion ourselves rashly from the without (reaction), instead of the within (creation).”
― Toni Cade Bambara, The Black Woman: An Anthology

“You got to have an eye, ear, and nose for pork if you're going to stay clean”
― Nikki Giovanni, The Black Woman: An Anthology

“I was big, Paul D, and deep and wide and when I stretched out my arms all my children could get in between”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“I dreamed of going to the top of Mount Elum like Alexander the Great to touch Jupiter and even beyond the valley. But, as I watched my brother running across the roof, flying their kites and skillfully flicking the strings back and forth to cut each other's down, I wondered hoe free a daughter could ever be.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban