I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
“The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.”
“When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.”