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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

Here’s what keeps standing out for me in your stories: blacks actually seemed to have much more agency than I ever imagined. Based on everything we are reading and hearing about now, the impression is that life was without hope. Even if blacks were eventually given their freedom, life was just as bad as before. WHY aren’t we learning about this? Why aren’t more blacks learning about this? What a great learning experience I’m getting, and that doesn’t mean that I have lost sight of the bad things. Your Black History Month is something to be proud of. These men and women may have been brought to our country against their will, but they have shown us that they had much more to offer than we ever imagined.

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