There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.
If you have, give. If you learn, teach.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.
We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.