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1. “Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.”
– Carol Moseley-Braun, politician and lawyer
2. “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut
3. “You can only become accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” – Maya Angelou (African-American author and poet).
4. “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
5. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” – Booker T. Washington
6. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
– Langston Hughes
7. “Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.”- Susan L. Taylor, journalist
8. “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” – Audre Lorde (Caribbean-American poet & author)
9. “There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” – Rita Dove (African-American poet and author)
10. “Go to work! Go to work in the morn of a new creation… until you have… reached the height of self-progress, and from that pinnacle bestow upon the world a civilization of your own.” – Marcus Garvey
11. “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” – Madam C.J. Walker
12. “If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you’re going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.” – Russell Simmons
13. “Hold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it.” – Earl G. Graves, Sr.
14. “You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It’s the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give.” – Vernon Jordan
15. “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” – Beyonce Knowles
16. “You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” – Malcolm X
17. “As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.” – Malidoma Patrice Somé
18. “Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.” – Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)
19. “We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.”- Jesse Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete
20. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” – Marcus Garvey
B.I.G. with his mother and father, Voletta Wallace and Selwyn George Latore.
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Proud Family Revival Adds Keke Palmer As a Teen Activist
By Rebecca Alter@ralter
Keke Palmer, living the young millennial dream of being on the Proud Family. Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Refinery29’s 29Rooms
If the name “LaCienega Boulevardez” means anything to you, keep reading. (And if it doesn’t, go learn your history.) Back in February, Disney+ gave us more information on its Proud Family revival, which would reunite the original cast of voice actors and characters and be called Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. In addition to Penny, Oscar, Trudy, Suga Mama, Puff, the twins, and Penny’s friends, there are going to be some new characters in town. Disney+ tweeted a first look at a new character who will be voiced by Keke Palmer, captioned, “Prepare to fall in love with 14-year-old activist Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins.” A reminder that activism has always been important to Penny Proud: Remember when she fought to join the boys’ football team? Or when she went on a labor strike? Or when she traveled back in time and desegregated her school? We still don’t know when the show is premiering; the tweet just says “coming soon.” But it’s already doing something novel in 2020: casting a Black actor to voice a Black character.
By Rebecca Alter@ralter
Keke Palmer, living the young millennial dream of being on the Proud Family. Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Refinery29’s 29Rooms
If the name “LaCienega Boulevardez” means anything to you, keep reading. (And if it doesn’t, go learn your history.) Back in February, Disney+ gave us more information on its Proud Family revival, which would reunite the original cast of voice actors and characters and be called Proud Family: Louder and Prouder. In addition to Penny, Oscar, Trudy, Suga Mama, Puff, the twins, and Penny’s friends, there are going to be some new characters in town. Disney+ tweeted a first look at a new character who will be voiced by Keke Palmer, captioned, “Prepare to fall in love with 14-year-old activist Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins.” A reminder that activism has always been important to Penny Proud: Remember when she fought to join the boys’ football team? Or when she went on a labor strike? Or when she traveled back in time and desegregated her school? We still don’t know when the show is premiering; the tweet just says “coming soon.” But it’s already doing something novel in 2020: casting a Black actor to voice a Black character.
Black Star Power: Kurt Farquhar - the King of Black-Sitcom Music, on His Best and Biggest Theme Songs
https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/kurt-farquhar-superlatives-moesha-proud-family-sister-sister.html
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