For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.
From Maya Angelou
At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.
We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!
We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.
The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.
One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.
The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.
I will not sit in a room with black people when the N word is used. I know it was meant to belittle a person, so I will not sit there and have that poison put on me. Now a black person can say, 'Oh, you know, I can use this word because I'm black.'
I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
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