A friend, who is a psychologist, has been assembling a display detailing the story of African Americans from slavery through passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She agrees with people such as Attorney General Eric Holder, who said in a televised speech several months ago that we Americans don’t talk enough about the issue of race.
History offers valuable lessons in modern issues of race
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 12:02 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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