When good men do nothing…
Courtney Elizabeth Columbus, OH I get really bothered when white people say “but I didn’t own slaves!” or “my ancestors weren’t here during America’s beginnings.”...
Rosa, is the balcony really better?
Jeff Howard Washington DC It took me 50 years and working in depth on civil rights movement history to suddenly realize that an incident in...
Momee, why did you hit me?
Joseph Jackson, III Gulfport, MS I asked my grandmother that question after she hit my butt so hard I saw little blue stars. It was...
Don’t blame me for the past.
Greg Camp Fayetteville, AR I did not live in the era of legal slavery or Jim Crow. I did not support those laws. And don’t...
Slavery, stolen opportunities. Abolition, broken promises.
Delphine Fenderson Birmingham, AL So much was taken from my people during slavery. We are the only Americans that worked and built this country and...
Gun laws renew Jim Crow mentality
Audrey Johnson Minneapolis, MN Submitted via: NPR’s Talk of the Nation
