Jul 28, 2020 | History, Memory, News & Events
This week I am thinking of both President Abraham Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two of their most famous speeches. Both speeches at their very essence are, in my view, suggestive of the need for reparations for people of African descent though they do...
Jul 20, 2020 | History, Memory, News & Events
In the last few weeks, I have been asked to comment on the presence of Confederate statues in the public square. Many of these statues were erected in commemoration of Confederate generals or soldiers. I share some of my thoughts here in a recent interview with...