1922 – 2014 • American • Actress
It's getting increasingly difficult to be a dreamer under any circumstances.
The economics of life is against the family.
God has use for all the old people.
Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we're all creatures of the same God.
African-Americans have a lot to teach the world.
I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem.