Some years ago Main Street was declared dead, but those doomsayers need to visit New Jersey. From north to south, in all the 21 counties, Main Street is flourishing. I've visited Main Streets in 178 cities, in 14 countries, and counting. What I learned is that WE and Main Street are intertwined and interdependent. Our lives are linked in an infinite number of ways.
Friday, July 29, 2016
John Hope Franklin on Reparations
John Hope Franklin is one of the nation's most respected historians. He was interviewed by the Indy Week, the independent paper of Raleigh, Cary, Durham and Chapel Hill. Franklin was passionate about the enormous wealth that had been stolen from black people. Apologies for slavery are easy, he commented, but what about all that followed, like Reconstruction and Jim Crow? What about the stolen money? While he didn't see any groups willing to make such changes, he didn't hesitate to say he thought it was necessary and deserved.
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