“ I'd given him my virginity because he told me I was special, but apparently I was simply a new link in a very long chain.So what did you do?...Put red pepper sauce in his rubbers. Beverly Jenkins
“ Bigotry practiced by those outside the race was harmful enough without bigotry being meted out by those within. Beverly Jenkins
“ You can’t be me. I’m already taken. You can be yourself, though. But you’ve got swag. Yes, I do, because I’m from Detroit, and it’s in the water. Beverly Jenkins
“ We were barred last year as well, Sylvie informed Eddy. But it’s okay. We do our celebrating on August first anyway, just like the rest of the country’s Colored communities. Beverly Jenkins
“ Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down an 8–1 decision that found the 1875 Civil Rights unconstitutional. Beverly Jenkins
“ They forgot about us women! When laughter broke out, she countered, Do I look like I’m joking? Beverly Jenkins
“ Thank you for loving me, Kent, because if I was married to him, I would have killed him so many years ago, I’d be paroled by now. Beverly Jenkins
“ She dearly hoped her gender would not be a problem because she did not have the time to educate a man on the fine points of what a woman of the nineteenth century could achieve. Beverly Jenkins
“ Most men like you are always interested in women like myself, but what they fail to see is this is my job, it isn’t necessarily who I am. People tend to meld the two and fail to realize that distincti… Beverly Jenkins
“ Michigan in Ann Arbor were seeking to establish practices in larger cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and Richmond. Nate had written many letters, but it seemed no one wanted to practice in a place… Beverly Jenkins
“ All females, regardless of age, race, or circumstances, should always be plotting rebellion to better the state of women. Beverly Jenkins
“ While Logan sat in the carriage, Drew and the baby entered the bordello, and for the second time that night, the place went ghostly quiet. Few babies patronized Gertie’s. Beverly Jenkins
“ What your mother means is that we could hear you snoring soon as we pulled up into the driveway. No way was I going to risk my hearing by going into your room. Beverly Jenkins
“ There were undoubtedly worse things than being an unmarried woman in charge of her own life, free to come and go as she pleased, free to explore pleasure. Beverly Jenkins
