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“how we proceed with repair depends on how we remember”
― Robin D. G. Kelley

“Such legislation never considers the psychological distress Black, brown, and Indigenous students frequently endure as a result of whitewashed curricula, tracking, suspensions and expulsions on the slightest pretext, even abuses by law enforcement inside their own classrooms.”
― Robin D.G. Kelley

“Hawkins sought out the freshest, most original musicians, and had little patience for those who would quibble over the difference between “modern” or “progressive,” “swing” or “bebop.” “I don’t think about music as being new, or modern, or anything of the type,” he mused. “Music doesn’t go seasonable to me.”44”
― Robin D.G. Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

“Adoring fans, hipsters, bohemians, and wannabes lined up outside the narrow storefront club at 5 Cooper Square, hoping to catch Monk and his legendary quartet—John Coltrane, bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik, and drummer Shadow Wilson. That night, Monk wanted to celebrate. Friends, family, and enthusiastic fans surrounded him. His “‘un’ years,” as his wife Nellie used to call them, were about to end.”
― Robin D.G. Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original