Yesterday the US Senate passed a resolution calling for an official apology for slavery. We're sorry, say the senators, about segregation and "the fundamental injustice, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws." [The Seattle Times 6/19/09]
Oh that was a long time ago, you may think. A liberal white guy like ME didn't cause all that trouble way back then.
But what if YOUR family was one of those who did enslave people? What if your family was involved in that "injustice, brutality and inhumanity?"
This blog was inspired because MY family was among the guilty.
Check in next time for the story. And then -- whether you're white or African-American -- share your family's story.
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You know the significance of June 19th? I just realized it--it's the holiday of Juneteenth--the date of the Emancipation Proclamation. Yes?
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