Emanicipation is still just a word
Winfrey Young, Atlanta, GA. Emancipation did not reinstate self-esteem, justice, dignity or reality. Freed slaves were not endowed with freedom to love or with pride...
HORRIBLE, ROUGH, UNFAIR, INTENSE, FREE, LOUD
Jane Goodrich, Lyne, NH. I chose my words because that’s what I thought it was, Black people wanted freedom, but the police hurt them because...
Will My Son Get Shot Too?
Nikai Mutagaana Freedom, PA Is this still a free country? Then why are so many African American young people getting shot by police for being...
It reminds me freedom is possible.
Mickey Lambert New York City, NY Brooklyn In a time that most people think of as a “post-civil-rights” era, in many ways, we are more...
My March On Washington Freedom Kiss
Isabel “Scottie” Dalsimer Alexandria, VA It was a bright and sunny day in August 1963. I was 25 years old and just back from a...
Equality, Freedom, White, Terror, Power, People
Samuel Boot Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Equality – There is no equality, the Caucasian are more powerful. Freedom – The African-Americans have no rights, they have no...
BECAUSE OF THEM I AM FREE
LISA DEL SOL New Your City, NY AS A CARIBBEAN THIS STRUGGLE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY CULTURE AND I OWE SO MUCH TO...
Freedom is my most precious possession.
Diatra W Stearn Pacoima, CA I do things to show that I am free such as traveling, going to civil rights museums to learn the...
My family thought freedom not slavery
Ken Segehrs Wentzville, MO Some whites fought for equal rights, even in the face of a gun.
Which amendment imposed Americanity on Africans?
S. Keita Washington, DC Freedom to choose was never offered.
Freedom is not possible without slavery.
Bruce Cammack Lubbock, TX This is a quote from the Richmond Virginia Enquirer from 1856.
How do you treat your family?
Gina LA I am starting to reject the ideas of “Us” and “Them” at all levels, although I never thought I’d feel that way. It’s...
Black women freedom; black men suffrage.
Jerry Bonds, Rancho Cucumonga, CA. However, black women are advancing in education and achieving more high power position in the work force. Consequently, black men...
