Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women. |
I didn't know about them, and finding out was like pulling teeth. |
I think it's important that everyday we think about the work we need to do to make this world a better place. I mean, we should wake up thinking about it and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's tasks. There's an awful lot of change needing to be made around here. |
In the summer I have this friend who I am closest to, and sometimes, in the winter, I long to call her up and say, come here and live with me, in this cold place. But we are summer friends. There is a rule it seems, that summer friends don't get together in the wintertime. Now, sitting here, waiting for her, I realize that I have never seen her in a winter coat, and for some reason that makes me sadder than anything else in the world. |
People who don't know what it's like to be an African American don't understand that it's OK, ... I never want to be other than an African American. |