“If I fall off a cliff, believe me, I'll get back up. If I'm pushed off a cliff, still believe I'll get back up. But I'll never forgive the muthafucka that pushed me.” WomenDeterminationBlack Women Book:We Are the Scribes Source: We Are the Scribes
“The shocking death of a loved one isn't a wailing thing. The real shudder comes from the world moving on as if nothing's happened. Shops flip their Closed signs to Open, patrons gather at the theaters and soda shops, and people dare smile at things that make them happy, while those left in the ruins find joy in nothing.” LifeDeathJoyMourning Book:Angel of Greenwood Source: Angel of Greenwood
“Black skin was filled with so many barriers, so many restrictions, so many.” BlackRaceDiversityBlack WomenPocOwn VoicesBlack Women Writers Book:Into White Source: Into White
“He revered Madam Harriet, as he’d called her. Honored her strength, resiliency, defiance. She seemed holy to him and I loved him more for it. But, simultaneously, he judged my mother, one of the most admired living Black women in the country, for her defiance and strength of will. She was a Black woman United States senator from Alabama, for goodness’ sake. An undeniable badass. Was that level of reverence only reserved for dead Black women? Or was the inconvenience of being Mr. Mom too blinding for him to see clearly?” Black WomenBlack Women Empowerment Book:We Are the Scribes Source: We Are the Scribes