“Before many of us can effectively sustain engagement in organized resistance struggle, in black liberation movement, we need to undergo a process of self-recovery that can heal individual wounds that may prevent us from functioning fully.”
― Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
― Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery
“The expression of hatred for your enemies is sometimes the only way to end self-hatred.”
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
― Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays
“If you are tired, keep going; if you are scared, keep going; if you are hungry, keep going; if you want to taste freedom, keep going.” Along with the inspirational spirituals for which Moses became so beloved, this motto has been handed down to the present generation as part of her enduring legacy.”
― Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
― Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
“I believe that suffering does not confer virtue upon the victim. Hence it is possible that the slave will become the slaveholder and that the victim will become the executioner.”
― On Call: Political Essays
― On Call: Political Essays
“Unless you accept white male standards of conduct, standards that castigate women for our 'emotionality,' our tears, our tendencies to take human life and responsible love quite seriously, why would you applaud any woman for remaining 'calm' in an outrageous circumstance?”
― On Call: Political Essays
― On Call: Political Essays
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