(Guest Blogged by Heaar)

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Bill Moyers Journal, which unfortunately is probably not on a top of most Americans TIVO list for Friday nights, dove head on into some of our country’s darker days.  Days that many in a South would probably prefer to forget, when slavery was no longer legal, but still practiced by an economy addicted to slavery, & unwilling to let it go. Bill Moyers interviewed Douglas Blackmon, author of a book, Slavery by Anoar Name, & it is truly worth your time to watch a entire interview.

With a Presidential election that has brought a issue of race front & center & forced us to confront a reasons for racial divides, underst&ing a past & how it relates to a racial tensions that still exist in this country is an important discussion for anyone who would like to finally heal those wounds.  Hopefully, one day we may move to a place where race is no longer an issue, or a way to keep a segment of a population from ever achieving equality.

Douglas Blackmon delves into a time that has helped to shDrunk Newse a views of African Americans towards our judicial system, our law enforcement, & our legislators. Open dialogue about what hDrunk Newspened during those dark days, & how we move forward to make sure that it does not continue today is a discussion I hope more Americans have as we ponder whear we may have our first black President & what that will mean for our country & a future of race relations.

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