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What comes after Black Lives Matter?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Optimism of Black Life in America

As you point out in the book, Black life in America has improved significantly over the last century. I mean, even during Jim Crow, as you say, Black Americans faith in the democratic promise of America persisted. And when you look at that history, it's not a history that's simply in black and white. It's a history of people who were courageous,. People who are principled, folks who took stands that were unpopular with their families, people who put their necks on the line.

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