Everyone has a rough road at some time, but when we're talking about politics and the laws which shape our opportunities in life, African-Americans have quite a tougher slog than we with less melanin.
I am reading a book about 700,000 casualties of a war to free 4 million enslaved human beings, after which equality before the law became the law of the United States.
A month before that, I read about a war where tens of millions were sacrificed in the battle to stop racist authoritarianism. Integration of our armed forces was followed a decade later by mixing education and a decade later by ending segregation and ensuring voting when choosing political representation.
Such freedom spreading is the glory of our American story.
I am reading a book about 700,000 casualties of a war to free 4 million enslaved human beings, after which equality before the law became the law of the United States.
A month before that, I read about a war where tens of millions were sacrificed in the battle to stop racist authoritarianism. Integration of our armed forces was followed a decade later by mixing education and a decade later by ending segregation and ensuring voting when choosing political representation.
Such freedom spreading is the glory of our American story.
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