18 Quotes & Sayings By Yawatta Hosby

Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project and the Gwen Kinsey Institute on Peace and Justice at Georgia State University. She is a co-president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and a member of the board of directors for the National Museum of African American History and Culture Read more

Co-author of From Civil Rights to Voting Rights: The African American Struggle for Freedom, co-editor (with Frances Henry) of Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia and (with Vicki Ruiz) of The Encyclopedia of African American Religious History and Culture.

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I stared into the man's lifeless eyes. His face was blue, but it could've been from the cold. His body was bloated, but he could've just been fat. None of this explained the crows lining up on the tree branch though. --The Body By the Tree Yawatta Hosby
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A bloody guy in overalls, wearing a straw hat, began chasing us. He held a saw, pointing it at us. We were gonna die! --The Body By the Tree Yawatta Hosby
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There were cracked head stones, dead flowers and weeds coming through the ground. Even the trees looked lifeless. --The Body By the Tree Yawatta Hosby
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Bruises and dried blood covered her face, giving the illusion of chicken pox. Yawatta Hosby
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Birds chirped and hawked in the distance. A group of them, maybe vultures, circled the sky. Rae glanced at the blanket. Those damn birds could probably smell Marissa, and the second everyone left, they'd pounce on her. Yawatta Hosby
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Yeah, there has to be a few screws loose when a girl asks you to drop everything to spend a three-day weekend on very short notice, and you say okey dokey without a care in the world. Yawatta Hosby
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Just one pit stop, Rae. One pit stop that won't even take an hour. Then it's over. It's finally over. Yawatta Hosby
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Mackenzie flinched. Struggling to breathe, she stood up and walked over to the table. Yawatta Hosby
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What did he want? What did he mean he was in the right place? Yawatta Hosby
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Mackenzie glanced through the glass doors. It was dark outside, except for the dim light from the front entrance. A night breeze swooshed leaves throughout the parking lot. Yawatta Hosby
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This wasn't the last of it. Now that Finia was carrying his baby, they would be together forever, whether she liked it or not. Yawatta Hosby
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How dare she not give in to his "vulnerability." There was only so much rejection he could take. Yawatta Hosby
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Finia glanced towards her bedroom, wishing the darkness would swallow her whole. Yawatta Hosby
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No, she's been killing me with kindness." She pointed her finger in his face. "There's a difference, and if you didn't have her on a pedestal, you could tell the difference. Yawatta Hosby
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Poe, come on. Don't be like this." She avoided his gaze, and that was killing him. He'd rather she yell at him than give him nothing at all. Yawatta Hosby
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Oliver knocked on the door, trying to keep his fear in check. Dominic didn't answer. Oliver looked around the porch for a hidden key, frantically searching under the welcome mat, but to no avail. Yawatta Hosby
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The embrace at the airport and stolen glances of Poe wasn't enough for him. Oliver needed to be closer to her again--emotionally and physically. His stomach clenched. Why couldn't Poe be his? Yawatta Hosby