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The Weak Link

How White Allies Have Always Let Black Progress Slip Away

The Weak Link

“I believe that injustice prevails where hopelessness persists. I think hopelessness is the enemy of justice.”

  • Bryan Stevenson (2024)1

Like many of you, I have despaired at last week’s Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act.


I have also imagined the cackling delight that my own ancestors would take in taunting me about it. The Lost Cause of the Confederacy refuses to die.

This one cuts deep.

Aunt Med Hamilton with Russell and Eva - c. 1935.jpg

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