"I DON'T 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, OR AROUND A BOOK, READY TO CHANGE THE WORLD."
-JACQUELINE WOODSON, BROWN GIRL DREAMING
-JACQUELINE WOODSON, BROWN GIRL DREAMING