Today’s thoughts on #BlackHistoryMonth
It’s easy for us to think about ‘slave times’ as being so long ago. And when we look at slavery and race relations in terms of the Civil War it does seem like ages. Because the 1800s were so long go, right?
And aside from a few “little” race-related crusades in the 60s, and that more recent hashtag for supporting blacks that got really political really quickly, the Civil War ended slavery and we were all good to go with equality for all. Right?
Then we hear about Cudjo. Cudjo was one of the last living slaves from the last slave ship…