“This was meant to disprove the southern contention that black people did not work simply because they did not want to,” was the tail end of a sentence I proclaimed while rehearsing for a reenactment of Freedom Summer in preparation for the 2012 Presidential Debate.
It was a mistake.
A Check on Upward Mobility: Observing the Emancipation Proclamation's 150th Anniversary
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
June 17, 2013
Rating: 5
