Substack

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”

The post that got this Substack started

I hope you find a real way to mark today.

On June 19, 1865, U.S.

“What we saw at the Capitol [on January 6] is not a mental health issue, it is a communal health issue that the sickness has become standardized.”

Last week President Trump mined another nugget from the caverns of America’s racist past, when the White House launched its “Aliens” webpage.

We live in a time of white grievance against Black progress. And, in this country, we always have.

Built in 1851, the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery served as the Confederacy’s first capital – Jefferson Davis delivered his inaugural address as President there in February 1861.

On April 29, the U.S. Supreme Court issued Louisiana v. Callais, gutting the Voting Rights Act.

How White Allies Have Always Let Black Progress Slip Away

We start this week where we left off last, with these words from Ava DuVernay: “the tide turns in our favor the instant we decide to see and say for ourselves.

The Seven Step Process