Quote of the day
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.
Sherley Anne Williams

Born: August 25, 1944
Died: July 6, 1999 (aged 54)
Bio: Sherley Anne Williams was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, Jazz poet, and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community.
Known for:
- Working Cotton (1992)
- The peacock poems (1975)
- Girls together (1999)
- Some one sweet angel chile (1982)
- Give birth to brightness (1972)






