“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
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The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings, 1962 View source →
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Novelist and essayist whose unflinching examination of race and identity reshaped American literature.
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This quote speaks to the pillar of Courage — the willingness to act, resist, and stand for something bigger than yourself. From the civil rights movement to today, Black voices have shown that courage is not the absence of fear but the decision to move forward anyway.
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