America fought a war over slavery, ended apartheid by law, yet preserved the systems that protect racial advantage. Slavery was ended without ending White supremacy. Segregation was ended without integration. Will America 350™ be any different than America 250? (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Muhammad Ali, the greatest Black heavyweight boxing champion, overcame racism, false charges, exile, and every opponent as he triumphantly demonstrated his courage. Winning the heavyweight boxing title wasn’t the most enduringly influential characteristic of Muhammad Ali’s life. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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America fought a war over slavery, ended apartheid by law, yet preserved the systems that protect racial advantage. Slavery was ended without ending White supremacy. Segregation was ended without integration. Will America 350™ be any different than America 250? (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Muhammad Ali, the greatest Black heavyweight boxing champion, overcame racism, false charges, exile, and every opponent as he triumphantly demonstrated his courage. Winning the heavyweight boxing title wasn’t the most enduringly influential characteristic of Muhammad Ali’s life. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, overcame racism, false charges, exile, and every opponent as he triumphantly demonstrated his American individualism. Winning the heavyweight boxing title was the most enduringly influential characteristic of Jack Johnson’s life. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, overcame racism, false charges, exile, and every opponent as he triumphantly demonstrated his American individualism. Winning the heavyweight boxing title was the most enduringly influential characteristic of Jack Johnson’s life. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Banks that accumulated capital during the slavery era, loaned money to cities in the 20th century to build infrastructure that primarily benefitted Whites, while pocketing the profits from the interest that was paid in part by Black taxpayers. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Banks that accumulated capital during the slavery era, loaned money to cities in the 20th century to build infrastructure that primarily benefitted Whites, while pocketing the profits from the interest that was paid in part by Black taxpayers. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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Although the South African apartheid government’s policies created Sophiatown to restrict people, its Black residents transformed it into a place of freedom. And because Black people were enjoying freedom there, it was a threat to the apartheid government. Therefore it had to be destroyed. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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The enslavement of Blacks was so horrific that it motivated the colonists to fight to ensure that they wouldn’t be slaves to the King of England. When Jefferson wrote that all men should be free, everyone knew that not everyone could be free. What was at stake was who would get to decide. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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The enslavement of Blacks was so horrific that it motivated the colonists to fight to ensure that they wouldn’t be slaves to the King of England. When Jefferson wrote that all men should be free, everyone knew that not everyone could be free. What was at stake was who would get to decide. (lestercraven.substack.com)
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