“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else will affect its successful outcome”
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“Sister, in this country a Negro is always about to get killed, so that ain't nothing. But you tell your husband that a black man was ready to lay down his life for you. That's all.”
― The Heart of a Woman
― The Heart of a Woman
“The allegiances I owed at this time in my life would have made very strange bedfellows: Momma with her solemn determination, Mrs. Flowers and her books, Bailey with his love, my mother and her gaiety, Miss Kirwin and her information, my evening classes of drama and dance.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Maybe the cops have got him."
The knowledge of what police do to black men rose wraithlike before my eyes.”
― The Heart of a Woman
The knowledge of what police do to black men rose wraithlike before my eyes.”
― The Heart of a Woman
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