When I started graduate school I was interested in the culture of the Civil Rights Movement. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes civil culture graduate
And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. Bernice Johnson Reagon knowproofreligion Change image and share on social
When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you. Bernice Johnson Reagon blackconsistencycore share on social
So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. Bernice Johnson Reagon blackeducatefind Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life. Ishmael Beah begincivilearly Change image and share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social