“I have always wanted my art to service my people - to reflect us, to relate to us, to make us aware of our potential. We have to create art for liberation and for life.” - Elizabeth Catlett
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“Using everything you’ve got inside you sometimes to barely make a note.” - Nina Simone
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“We helped build this nation, but we didn’t get paid. We ought to be part of everything that exists in this nation.” - Olivia Hooker
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“Collecting art is a joyful and communal experience and living with art that reflects our heritage and our stories is essential to a well lived life.” - Stella Jones
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“Be resurrected, Glistening in the story of you, Be shining.” - Eve Ewing
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“When I talk about owning eloquent rage as your superpower, it comes with [the] clear caveat that not everyone is worth your time or rage.” - Brittney Cooper
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“The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you when it’s time to thrive.” - Ebonee Davis
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“Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.” - Katherine Dunham
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“Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” - Cicely Tyson
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“My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.” - Eartha Kitt
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“I am a person period.” - Aaron Philip
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“I’m the first Simone Biles.” - Simone Biles
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