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The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture

by Courtney Thorsson (Goodreads Author)

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“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
― Sue Grafton

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“Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.”
― Daniel Black, Perfect Peace

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“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“Sometimes the things that hurt us are the things that make us strongest. A life without experience, in my opinion, is no life at all. And that's why I tell everyone that, even when it hurts, never stop yourself from living.”
― Takerra Allen, The Lonely Pole

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“truck…Black soliders returning from American’s wars abroad were tarred and feathered…Black soldiers returning from America’s wars in uniform were castrated and lynched…Brave Black soldiers had their medals of honor retracted and denied So Truman passed a law not for Black people…we have always been better than the country we served…but to tell the whites who thought it more important to be white than united…that Black people are an integral if not essential part of this nation…And we are to be accepted…and honored…for the historic good wishes and sacrifices we offered America…Not only fifty years ago”
― Nikki Giovanni, Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems – Poetry That Galvanizes and Comforts, Inspires and Unifies

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