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a profoundly moral one inseverably tied to race in this country. At our founding the counting of Black Human Beings for the purposes of a census was arrived at by compromise. They were to count as 3/5ths a Human Being or White person. (16) — PolitiTweet.org

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People, By the People , For the people. Why does that matter? It matters because democracies are the only form of government that have ever existed that place the human being in command of the state as opposed to the state in command of the human being. That distinction is (15) — PolitiTweet.org

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The moral questions can be found in the hazy spaces where the truth and lie make contact with one another. Is asserting the election was stolen a lie? It is. Is that lie immoral? It is. Why? Because, it has poisoned faith and belief in the legitimacy of our government; Of the — PolitiTweet.org

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easier or harder for Black Americans and other groups of historically persecuted Americans to vote and have an equal voice in the future of America? ANSWER/ YES. All of this brings us to our great national predicament and a couple of profoundly important moral questions. (14) — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Would these pieces of legislation have been introduced if Trump didn’t lose the election. ANSWER/NO. 2. Are all of these pieces of legislation based on the lie and fantasy of election fraud that stole the election from Trump? ANSWER/YES 3. Does the legislation make it (13) — PolitiTweet.org

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perpetual struggle of the American story endures. Hundreds of pieces of legislation have been filed all over the country that restrict voting rights. There are some important considerations to note when evaluating the legislation. Let’s apply a three question test: (12) — PolitiTweet.org

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Charles Lewis survived the brutality of trench warfare to be lynched in uniform, in his hometown in Kentucky by a murderous white mob. Legal segregation ended during the 1960’s and a black man served as President in both of the first two decades of the 21st century. Yet, the (11) — PolitiTweet.org

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measure of equality that was unimaginable in the United States. The Hellfighters were detailed to the French Army and known for their valor and ferocity. When black soldiers returned from Europe in 1918 their hopes of returning to a more just society were crushed. (10) — PolitiTweet.org

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North and continued to wage racial war against black Americans. Black success was targeted and destroyed in places like Tulsa and in a dozen other cities. The Harlem Hellfighters, the all Black US Army Unit, that brought jazz to France, tasted both respect, appreciation and a (9) — PolitiTweet.org

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and there can be no art absent joy. The overwhelming majority of Confederate monuments in this country were built as political statements in the 1920’s. They were built as assertions of White Supremacy not memorials to the war dead. The Ku Klux Klan followed Black aspiration (8) — PolitiTweet.org

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The Harlem Renaissance stands as a powerful reminder about what can happen when the human soul is freed from the indignities of slavery and oppression. There is a reason why autocratic societies do not produce great art, music and literature. There can be no joy without freedom 7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Northern cities and formed communities. Blacks competed economically against European immigrants and faced profound racism and discrimination while the power of new freedoms within black communities unleashed a creative explosion of literature, music and art. (6) — PolitiTweet.org

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Helped instigate the greatest emigration within the boundaries of the United States in our history. Between 1916 and 1970 more than 6 million Black Americans would leave the Jim Crow South for the North. During the early years of the “ great migration” southern blacks moved to 5) — PolitiTweet.org

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Imprisoned by hate and Jim Crow in the remnant of the American slave nation. The black population of the South was systematically terrorized, killed and brutally oppressed for decades. The ceaseless oppression of the South combined with the rapid industrialization of the North (4 — PolitiTweet.org

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was the richest country in the world with prosperity exploding everywhere except the South. The country had moved on from the Civil War and reconstruction. There were 9 million black Americans at the turn of the century and 90 percent of them lived in the South. They were (3) — PolitiTweet.org

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It was shaped by the story of the largest migration in human history. Nearly 30 million Europeans came to America between 1870 and 1920. They came to a rapidly industrializing country that was exploding in size and wealth. By 1900 the United States (2) — PolitiTweet.org

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History is not science, there are no algorithms or immutable laws. There is only memory and evidence. The history we all share and our understanding of it is highly variable and dependent on the story tellers. Where I grew up, everyone I ever met shared a story. (1) — PolitiTweet.org

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Must never be a slogan. The thing that worries me most about the future is this, “Can a society without memory survive?” — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course but the passing of the last liberator deserves a moment of contemplation. The last of the survivors are reaching the end of long human life spans. Soon there will be no eyewitnesses left and we are left to guard the memory of humanities greatest crime. Never Forget — PolitiTweet.org

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There will be accountability for the hundreds of people who attacked the United States, stormed our Capitol murdered, maimed, defecated in the hallways and desecrated the floors of the US HOUSE and Senate. It’s bottom down though. Like always. The inciters remain untouched — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the last living liberator of Auschwitz died. He was a Soviet soldier and his passing means there are no living witnesses left on earth who discovered that profound evil on January 26th 1945. — PolitiTweet.org

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Apparently the pants were worn correctly. This fact does raise a question for Trump’s fascist movement. Aren’t there any tailors? The veneration of this lying Orange Schlub by so many elected GOP leaders isn’t going to look great in their permanent records. — PolitiTweet.org

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Truly. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BBCNews: British Normandy Memorial unveiled on 77th anniversary of D-Day https://t.co/gmN9RTt23S https://t.co/lHx660Mwp6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick, I called to discuss this very disturbing image. The jacket and pants are mismatched and the pants appear to be backwards which means we may be about to see McCarthy, Cruz and Hawley embrace the leaders new fashion trend? What color is the sippy cup that goes with that look? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CanadianForces: June 6,1944: Canadian sailors, soldiers & airmen played a critical role on D-Day & in securing the 10km stretch of Fren… — PolitiTweet.org

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This young man died 77 years ago today to save the world. He died for freedom. He dropped from the sky and did not survive the day. June 6, 1944. They called it the day of days. It was. https://t.co/bqGEB8MSTg — PolitiTweet.org

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Racial terror that followed a war fought over slavery deserve a couple chapters in American History Class. We have nothing to fear by facing injustice. It is necessary and overdue. It will help us become what an embrace of our highest ideals tell us we can become. — PolitiTweet.org

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They weren’t built as symbols of remembrance to the awful price of war. They were mostly built in the 1920’s as symbols of white supremacy. They were markers of oppression and lighthouses in the night to remind Black Americans about their subjugation. The 100 plus years of — PolitiTweet.org

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For everyone. The Tulsa Massacre of 1921 and other white attacks should be used in gauging the intent behind the building of Confederate Memorials of that era. Most of the debates taking place around these monuments leave out the important context of their construction. — PolitiTweet.org