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America
Wasn’t a
Democracy,
Until
Black
Americans
Made It
One
By
Nikole
Hannah-Jones
NYT
It
would be
historically
inaccurate
to
reduce
the
contributions
of black
people
to the
vast
material
wealth
created
by our
bondage.
Black
Americans
have
also
been,
and
continue
to be,
foundational
to the
idea of
American
freedom.
More
than any
other
group in
this
country’s
history,
we have
served,
generation
after
generation,
in an
overlooked
but
vital
role: It
is we
who have
been the
perfecters
of this
democracy.
The
United
States
is a
nation
founded
on both
an ideal
and a
lie. Our
Declaration
of
Independence,
approved
on July
4, 1776,
proclaims
that
“all men
are
created
equal”
and
“endowed
by their
Creator
with
certain
unalienable
rights.”
But the
white
men who
drafted
those
words
did not
believe
them to
be true
for the
hundreds
of
thousands
of black
people
in their
midst.
“Life,
Liberty
and the
pursuit
of
Happiness”
did not
apply to
fully
one-fifth
of the
country.
Yet
despite
being
violently
denied
the
freedom
and
justice
promised
to all,
black
Americans
believed
fervently
in the
American
creed.
Through
centuries
of black
resistance
and
protest,
we have
helped
the
country
live up
to its
founding
ideals.
More
here.
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