Pauli Murray

 

 

“If anyone should ask a Negro woman in 

America what has been her greatest achievement, 

her honest answer would be, ‘I survived!”

 

Personal note: I had the good fortune of having The Dr. Reverend Pauli Murray as a personal mentor as a child. I learned so much from her and will always be grateful for having had the opportunity,

She was the first Black, female, Episcopal priest. And she also happened to be a priest at the church I attended growing up. She was a poet, a lawyer, an activist, a champion of human rights, and a co-founder of NOW.

Her book Proud Shoes predated Roots and is a remarkable chronicle of a Black American family from the nightmare of pre-Civil War slavery through the grueling reality of Reconstruction.

Sarah Kendzior

 

 

 

 "I don't believe in hope, but I don't believe in hopelessness.

I believe in the truth."

 

Read her book Hiding In Plain Sight

 

Prince

 

 

 “I don’t really care so much what people say about me 

because it usually is a reflection of who they are.”

 

Photo shot by Robert Whitman from his book Prince Pre-Fame.

Alexander Fleming

 

 

"Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy."

Clara Bow

 

 

“I’m a curiosity in Hollywood. I’m a big freak, 

because I’m myself!”

Serena Williams

 

“You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We’re always told what’s beautiful and what’s not, and that’s not right.”

 

Photo by Paola Kudacki for Time
https://time.com/collection-post/70910/serena-williams-2014-time-100/ 

Melba Pattillo Beals

 

 

“Until I am welcomed everywhere as an equal simply because I am human, I remain a warrior on a battlefield that I must not leave. I continue to be a warrior who does not cry but who instead takes action. If one person is denied equality, we are all denied equality.”