know, you read it because we were assigned it in school. i read it on my own at a young age because it was so impactful. she did speak for particularly young black girls that have an invisibility problem in society. she spoke for us. i think for women throughout her career she was this trail blazer. she was this independent person who was doing things that let alone black women or women, period, weren't doing. and she was just brilliant. very much missed. . >> valerie? >> a true renaissance woman, yes. >> in a way, because i was assigned the book too, one of the first and only books i actually didn't just read because it was an assignment but because i took off in it. and her voice continues that every time, valerie, you hear now a recording of her voice, you stop. and you give it weight. and you become mindful which doesn't happen in this day and