Edward Goode

“of character, who don’t believe it when you tell ’em it’s really anything they want. They sit there confused and silly, craning their necks all around, asking over and over for a menu.”
― Gloria Naylor, Bailey's Cafe

“We don't miss you as you might think. You see, we have made it without you and will always. Take care, and don't ever return to Maasailand.”
― Tepilit Ole Saitoti, The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An Autobiography

“launched a war to destroy the Black Power movement that year. And all they needed to cut Davis down was to know that she was part of the Communist Party. Ronald Reagan, the governor of California at the time, had her fired from UCLA. When she tried to plead her case, it set off a media storm. Hate mail started filling up her mailbox. She received”
― Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

“just hope it’s still living then. The trees don’t know your race or your gender identity or your sexuality. The trees don’t expel you”
― Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation