Alison Rose’s Reviews > People of Means: An Evocative Saga of Love, Sacrifice, and Family Legacy Across Two Generations Fighting for Equality > Status Update

'Every day, I have to remind myself I'm a child of Gd even when some of these white folks are telling me I'm less than a man. I know they don't want me here ... But I have every right to be here. My folks worked their fingers to the bone & never got what they deserved ... When I put on my best clothes, I'm not doing it to prove anything to them. It's for me to remind myself of my own greatness, of who I really am.'