Kina Reed

“There are no historic firsts, no grand gestures, no monuments or museums that undo generations of exclusions under law, policy, and practice, or that stop the expulsion. It makes me want to holler. Tell the truth. What is this symbolic republic?”
― Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

“You no longer have the clarity or certainty you once counted on around how something “good” might make you feel. Grief will sometimes force you to take a step back in an otherwise joy-filled moment, where you have to acknowledge feelings that you wish weren't there. Just as joy after loss cannot be faked, it also cannot be forced.”
― Marissa Renee Lee

“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

“So I went deeper into an archive of historical memory, hoping to sort it out”
― Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation