Viewed from a bit longer lens of history this reaction to white supremacist terrorism fits in very well with the lengthy history of Presidents, Congress, and the judicial branch turning a blind eye to white terrorism used as a tool to oppress African Americans during the so-called Jim Crow era. —>> read more –>>
On Friday 5/19/17 Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a powerful speech about the need to deny the falsifications of history that are those statues and to embrace the phrase, e pluribus unum, from many we are one. The speech is well worth listening to. —>> read more –>>
(Go to the posts on Racism – White Supremacy in America) Keystone Essay – Racism in America – White Supremacy There are two original sins in US history – the virtual elimination of Native Americans —>> read more –>>
This book brings to light the extent to which the Jim Crow laws were in fact part of a totalitarian system of government that ruled the South for more than seventy five years. How these —>> read more –>>
Isabel Wilkerson’s book, The Warmth of Other Suns – the epic story of America’s great migration, [3]New York City, Random House 2010 creates whole new planes of awareness of our history. This book startled me —>> read more –>>
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