Imani

“We cannot leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people”
― Nikki Giovanni, Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles

“do the rosa parks
say no no

do the rosa parks
throw your hand in the air

do the rosa parks
say ... no no

do the rosa parks
tell them: that ain't fair”
― Nikki Giovanni, Acolytes

“The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.”
― Nikki Giovanni, Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea

“If you don’t understand your past, you can’t transcend it, you might repeat it, you don’t understand half of your life. Knowledge is what’s important, you know? Not the erasure, but the confrontation of it.”
― Nikki Giovanni, Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations