Showing posts with label Thomas Owens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Owens. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2020

"... ready to change the world ..."





“I do not know if these hands will become Malcolm’s—raised and fisted or Martin’s—open and asking or James’s—curled around a pen. I do not know if these hands will be Rosa’s or Ruby’s gently gloved and fiercely folded calmly in a lap, on a desk, around a book, ready to change the world . . .”

― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming



"On July 5, 1852 ..."