"soft or hard, love [i]s an act of heroism"

These words come from Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me. I saw them performed stunningly this weekend at "Between the World and Me: A Witnessing" at the Kennedy Center. Coates words were brilliantly brought to life by amazing Black performers of all sorts - Broadway stars, tv actors, a singer, a rapper, a tapper - and they were each transcendent.