. . . I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.
Source: In I Dream a World, by Brian Lanker, 1989.
-- Sonia Sanchez, (Sep 9 1934-____), US poet, playwright, educator; She is noted for her black activism; Homecoming, 1969 was her first volume of poetry; she has taught at Rutgers, Amherst and Temple Universities.