“For two hours, she preached — and for two hours, people were getting up, shouting, jumping up and down, calling to Jesus for help and salvation, and falling out exhausted. Some of these Holy Rollers, as Dad called them, would fall to the floor and start trembling rapidly; some of them even began to slobber on themselves. When I asked Mama what was wrong with those people and what they were doing on the floor, she told me that the spirit had hit them. When Carole heard this, she began to cry and wanted to get out of there before the spirit hit us.” NovelAutobiographyFictional Autobiography Book:Manchild in the Promised Land Source: Manchild in the Promised Land
“I didn't know anything until December 2004 when I went to purchase a vehicle and was told there was a foreclosure on my credit and I wouldn't be able to get the car. I've still got a red flag on my credit.” KnowsStillsAbleCarRedCreditFlagsVehicleDecemberRed FlagsForeclosure Author:Claude Brown
“Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.” ThinkingGenerationsDespiteOur GenerationHarlem Book:Manchild in the Promised Land Source: Manchild in the Promised Land
“For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?” DoeRunningLandPromised Land Author:Claude Brown
“The language of soul. . . possesses a pronounced lyrical quality which is frequently incompatible to any music other than that ceaseless and relentlessly driving rhythm that flows from poignantly spent ideas.” IdeasSoulLanguageQualityFlowDrivingRhythmLyrical Author:Claude Brown