Toni Morrison was America's conscience, one that's needed more than ever

I got to see what bravery looks like.When the director of the film I helped produce said the word “rolling,” I remember looking up and seeing Morrison looking back at me, ready and open. I have two, one in the living room and one next to me on my night table.”Toni Morrison wrote so that Black and Brown girls like me could fly. But as much as I want to think she wrote for me, Morrison wrote for all of us.Morrison asked us to never forget them, the millions of Black women around the world who were enslaved. That it was our duty to honor them, to remember them and, in my case, to write and make films about them.I am convinced that Toni Morrison wrote so that Black and Brown girls like me could fly. And today, America needs her more than ever.Sandra Guzmán is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, documentarian and author of "The New Latina’s Bible." She is a producer and lead interviewer for the film, “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I am.” ​ © 2019 NBC UNIVERSAL