It’s important that young people know about the struggles we faced to get to the point we are today. Only then will they appreciate the hard-won freedom of blacks in this country.

Amelia Boynton Robinson
It’s important that young people know about the struggles we...
It’s important that young people know about the struggles we...
It’s important that young people know about the struggles we...
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It is important that young people know about the struggles we faced to get to the point we are today. Only then will they appreciate the hard-won freedom of blacks in this country. Freedom came gradually, and only after many battles and wars, and it took a long time before people could feel safe enough to be themselves and to be free.

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