Carolyn Rodgers Quotes

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Naw Little Willie, Joe said
I looks at it this way, my man...
the Revolution aint dead
its tired,
and jest resting.

Carolyn Rodgers
My mother, religious-negro, proud of
having waded through a storm, is very obviously,
a sturdy Black bridge that I
crossed over, on.

Carolyn Rodgers
I tell you, Joe, little Willie said,
Black is as tired as it is beautiful.

Carolyn Rodgers
The history, the root, the strength of my father is the strength we
now rest on.

Carolyn Rodgers
Let uh revolution come.
couldn't be no action like what
i dun already seen.

Carolyn Rodgers
Very often
you are
the one
who creates the traps
you fall into.

Carolyn Rodgers
It is not ugly to dream in life
but it is ugly to make life a dream.

Carolyn Rodgers
I felt a spiritual transformation
a root revival of love
and i knew that many things
were over
and some me of—beauty—
was about to begin...

Carolyn Rodgers
My mother, religious-negro, proud of
having waded through a storm, is very obviously,
a sturdy Black bridge that I
crossed over, on.
me?

Carolyn Rodgers
I never could keep my edges and kitchen
straight
even after
supercool/straighterPerm had burned
whiteness onto my scalp
my edges and kitchen didn't
ever get the message that they
was not supposed to go back home.

Carolyn Rodgers
The Revolution aint dead
its tired,
and jest resting.

Carolyn Rodgers