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Thanks for doing this Greg. May you and other Americans of European descent continue standing up for me and other African-Americans in these fraught times.

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Jun 19, 2020Liked by Greg Olear

A powerful historical summary that hasn't been fully acknowledged, though I hear Frederick Douglas is beeing recognized more and more these days.

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Thoughts Greg? About Tulsa: I lived there. Besides the point,however. Humiliation is an aggressive act. ‪Helpful to remember; Humiliation functions as a stimulant to Violence. The individual MUST retaliate to hold any self image. @angrierWHStaff. https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195379655.001.0001/acprof-9780195379655-chapter-7. He’s all about Revenge.‬ Trump is all about Revenge.

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(By Greg Olear, article)

'From 1963-1968, there were 200 million people living in the 50 United States. Of that 200 million, 20 million were Black—10% of the total population. About one in ten Americans were Black when civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated, in 1963; when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, outlawing racial discrimination in the federal government; when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, outlawing racial discrimination in voting; when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, outlawing racial discrimination in the federal government; when Loving v. Virginia was decided in 1967, declaring prohibitions on interracial marriage unlawful; when the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed, outlawing racial discrimination in housing and banking; and when the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, in 1968.'

Who benefited from this legislation? Everyone.

If an accessible door is installed, who benefits? Everyone

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