Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Paula Giddings

Born: 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Paula Giddings is a writer and an African-American historian. She is the author of When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America and In Search of Sisterhood.
Known for:
- When and Where I Enter (1984)
- In search of sisterhood (1988)
- Ida: A Sword Among Lions (2008)
- Regarding Malcolm X (1994)