#margo jefferson

[adeshua]

Margo Jefferson in Yohji Yamamoto by Martine Barrat

[dk-thrive]

How do you reveal yourself without asking for love or pity?

— Margo Jefferson, seminar on writing Negroland published in Sigrid Nunez's "The Vulnerables: A Novel" (Riverhead Books, November 7, 2023)

[myloveis4real]

“Ripping Off Black Music” by Margo Jefferson

[allfearofanend]

Tragedy has arrived and is content to wait quietly. In time it may be able to claim both parent and child.

- Margo Jefferson, Negroland

[pithia]

All readers are tourists. We want to make sense of what we see and hear, to find the balance between what is unknown and what we can call ours.

Margo Jefferson

[clairdeterre]

There are days when I still want to dismantle this constructed self of mine. ‘You did it so badly’, I think. ‘You lost so much time.’ And then I tell myself, 'so what?’ So what? Go on.

Margo Jefferson, Negroland

[wocinsolidarity]

17 Memoirs And Biographies Every Black Woman Should Read At Least Once

March 2, 2017

Must-reads on the groundbreaking, boundary-pushing women who've made history, inspired us, and paved the way.  

Black history is full of inspiring women who have created paths of their own while carving a space for the women who will follow.

In celebration of Women's History Month and to give every woman out there a little inspiration to pursue their dreams and goals, we've rounded up a list of memoirs and biographies to encourage you to create a path of your own.

[littledailymatches]

Being an Other, in America, teaches you to imagine what can't imagine you. That's your first education.

Negroland, Margo Jefferson