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Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force

by Sarah Jakes Roberts

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The other girls in the room didn’t know how to comfort me—fifteen was too old for nightmares. But Lila, without stirring from her bunk, began to pray for me. She asked God to protect me from bad dreams sent by the Enemy—Legion?—and she ...more

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“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

tags: author, dark, freedom, light, poetry, words, writing

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“What is not for you can never be for you. No amount of sheer will or work, no amount of bending or shape-shifting will make it so. No act or effort, no apology, no amount of therapy or prayer or repetition, no self-help, no distraction, no matter how hard you try, you can never force anything that isn’t meant to be.”
― Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are

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“When the music changes, so must your dance. It was the most beautifully worded truth, a profound lesson reminding me to trust my instincts, to let life guide me, and to never stay anywhere doing the same thing longer than I was supposed to.”
― Elaine Welteroth, More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are

tags: dance, music, truth

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“Every time you hurt someone, you break off a little piece of them. Not only do they have to live with that broken piece, then the next person who comes along has to figure out a way to spackle that spot. Your behavior has ripple effects.”
― Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe

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“Like her, all they knew, because all they'd been trained, was how well to suffer. And perhaps be rewarded by the consolation ot endurance. How does anyone begin to free themselves from the cycle of that type of conflict? Such struggle assumes an enemy one cannot punch or kick or kill. One that ravages memory and future alike. One no amount of apologies could satisfy. Conflict one lives with and tries, mightily, to live better than it demands.”
― Cebo Campbell, Sky Full of Elephants

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2015 A-Z 'Deuces Wild ' Reading Challenge of African American Authors — 295 members — last activity Dec 22, 2017 04:41PM
Readers will complete the reading of 26 novels by African American / African authors as they challenge themselves to read 2 books from 13 categories w ...more

Black Coffee — 3116 members — last activity Oct 02, 2026 01:16PM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more

Mocha Girls Read — 7053 members — last activity Oct 02, 2026 08:37PM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more

July Summer Readalong - Sag Harbor — 82 members — last activity Jul 30, 2018 02:20AM
This is a group to discuss Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

#ReadSoulLit Read Along- Tar Baby — 123 members — last activity Mar 16, 2018 09:30AM
This group is reading and discussing Tar Baby as a read along in honor of Black History Month!

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