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“It's not the man in your life. It's the life in your man.”
― The Hand I Fan With
― The Hand I Fan With
“When Queen Elizabeth heard of Hawkins' slaving venture, she said "It was detestable and would call down vengeance from heaven upon the undertakers." Hawkins went to the see the queen and showed Her Majesty his profit sheet. Not only did she forgive him but she became a shareholder in his second slaving voyage.”
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
“Lena immediately thought of Sister Gemma in fourth grade who had instructed all the students at Blessed Martin de Porres Elementary to leave a little room on the edge of their seats for their guardian angels to sit.”
― The Hand I Fan With
― The Hand I Fan With
“The southern belle was something to write home about...One Yankee stationed in Mississippi wrote home: "[They are] sharp-nosed, tobacco-chewing, snuff-rubbing, flax-headed, hatchet-faced, yellow-eyed, sallow-skinned, cotton-dressed, flat-breasted, bare-headed, long-waisted, hump-shouldered, stoop-necked, big-footed, straddle-toed, sharp-shinned, thin-lipped, pale-faced, lantern-jawed, silly-looking damsels.”
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
“The cities change. The bus line is different. The train runs on another track, but the scene is the same. Everyday in America, South Africa and other places in the world like them. Black people. My people. Travelin. To be cooks, janitors, housekeepers, porters, days workers, servants, Black boys, Beige girls, Brown daddies, Ebony mothers.”
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
― Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap by Verta Mae
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