{"quotes":[{"text":"The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the United States a more functional democracy as they were on employing Black culture to 'vindicate' Black people.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["african-american-history","african-american-intellectuals","african-american-leaders","best-leadership-practices","black-culture","black-history-month","black-leaders","civil-disobedience","democracy-in-america","education","faith-in-the-american-people","followers","followership","harlem-renaissance","harlem-renaissance-historians","heroes-of-the-harlem-renaissance","historical-accountability","historicization","history-of-democracy","leaders","leadership","leadership-strategies","leadership-styles","national-history-day","patriotism","postered-poetics-by-aberjhani","race-relations-in-america","teaching-the-harlem-renaissance","united-states-of-america","vindication","web-du-bois"],"id":40530,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["advocate-for-compassion","advocating-for-compassion","belife-in-humanith","coexistence","confronting-change","contemporary-poetry","courage","creative-arts","cultural-arts","diversity-in-literature","diversity-in-publishing","humility","inspiration","inspiring","leaderhsip","leadership-strategies","literature","love-for-humanity","mlk-day","motivation","national-poetry-month","nonviolence-jihadism","npm17","poets-for-change","positive-motivation","postered-poetics-by-aberjhani","practicing-compassion","practicing-peace","self-empowerment","sorrow","speaking-truth-to-power","strategic-leadership","wisdom","world-poetry-day","writing-poetry"],"id":159396,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"At the different stages of recognition, reflection, and redress, practicing compassion provides potentially world-saving opportunities which otherwise likely would not exist.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["accountable-compassion","accountable-leadership","coexistence","compassion","compassion-saves-lives","compassionate-leadership","diversity","extistence","faith-in-humanity","grace","human-potential","humanity-and-society","immigration-experience","immigration-issues","leadership-development","leadership-strategies","leadership-styles","leadership-theories","leadership-theory","meditation","mindfulness","nonviolent-conflict-resolution","opportunities-and-possibilities","opportunities-to-love","postered-poetics-by-aberjhani","practicing-compassion","practicing-democracy","practicing-peace","practicing-wisdom","problem-solving","recognition","reflection-on-life","saving-the-world","strategic-leadership","strategic-problems-solving","sustainable-living","teaching-diversity","wisdom"],"id":358027,"author_id":"Aberjhani"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}