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When I was in the YA age range myself, I didn't feel like there were a lot of books for me.
Angie Thomas
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At the time when I was in college, Oscar Grant had just lost his life in Oakland, Calif. He was an unarmed young black male who had a record. And at the time when his death was making headlines, more people were talking about what he had done in his past than the fact that he unjustly lost his life.
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Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.
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I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could go from thinking deeply to laughing to crying to partying.
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I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.
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I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.
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Literature plays a huge role in examining difficult real-life issues.
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Literature births activists.
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When I was a kid, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was easy - the next Lisa Leslie.
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My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.
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At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.
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