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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Bryan Stevenson on the legacy of enslavement

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

We're Here, You Know, Not Going to Leave

Sik a: The thing that's most hopeful about the entire experiences is the recognition, as you journey through this museum, that this nation was built largely on the backs of enslaved people. During the first half of the twentiet century, when black people were being lynched and terrorized, they fled te deep south but went to other parts in this country where they still weren't welcome. They would protest with american flags in their hand because they had this belief in america. And i want us to get to a place where we can be proud of what we do. But that means we're going to have to push. I've fought too hard. My great grandparents were enslaved

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