Once the Fugitive Slave Act took effect, the Northern states were no longer safe for those who managed to escape from being enslaved. The second season of Underground does explore Canada's role in providing a welcoming place for the thousands… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I am indebted to [my grandmothers] always for cradling me in the heart of Christ and encouraging my passion to press towards the mark… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we've completed any course of study... and approach the work… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
There's so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really,… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
There will be a wealth of facts revealed and revisited in [Underground] pertaining to Harriet Tubman. That is a huge part of my excitement,… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Harriet Tubman didn't have strategy meetings or a movement behind her, she was the movement, she was inspired by being sick and tired of… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
If something was to happen to part of my family, I don't know what I'd do. — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I had praying grandmothers who bathed me in "The Word" and filled the atmosphere with worship. Though I developed my own personal spiritual relationship… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic. — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I think we're in a time that calls for that level of courage, that level of resolve - you know, to be completely disgusted… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
An opportunity to honor the legacy of the lives drawn into the lines in my face, the broad of my nose, the dark of… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I felt validated and valued , and here was this woman [Whoopi Goldberg ] inside my television screen who gave me a voice. — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image