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“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Song of Solomon
― Song of Solomon
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
“Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“You will hear thunder and remember me,
and think: she wanted storms...”
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and think: she wanted storms...”
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