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"When I launched the Vote or Die campaign, I knew I needed to have the 'Colored Girls' advice and knowledge…This powerhouse group of black women who have worked hard behind the scenes for decades to make our country better, are inspiring the next generation of leaders. For Colored Girls is the blueprint.”
-- Sean “Diddy” Combs
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“…A compelling memoir of cultivated dreams, For Colored Girls... provides insight into and illumination of the undeniable call to service and the ways in which these four navigated a sometimes perilous and truly circuitous journey.”
-- Angela Bassett
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“For Colored Girls is an interesting, informative, inspiring, motivating and just plain delightful read…They considered careers in business, health care, law and civil rights, but found their calling and fulfillment in politics. Their choices benefited all of us.”
-- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
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“This is a remarkable book about five extraordinary Black women who through strength of character, humility and just plain smarts, became indispensable in every Democratic presidential campaign since 1984…It would be a mistake for anyone who aspires to build a better America not to read this.”
--Governor Howard Dean, former Chair of the Democratic Party
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“These African-American women, known collectively as the Colored Girls, have written the handbook on movement building and changing the world through progressive politics…This is a book I will be sharing with my daughters and every activist woman I know.”
- Reverend William Barber, President and Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach
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“For Colored Girls is basically part history book and part biography but wholly significant…When I finished this book, what I understood is how we have walking icons in our midst and this was the opportunity to sit at their feet and soak in their lessons, wisdom and #NoirPixieDust. I’m basically gonna start calling them all my aunties. Thank you for showing Black girls and women that we too belong in the rooms we’re in."
-- Luvvie Ajayi, New York Times-bestselling author of I'M JUDGING YOU: The Do-Better Manual
