My first experience with racism came when I was enrolled into a predominantly white school. When I began third grade, I was the only “black” student in my class. I was too young to understand the significant impact this would have later in life. During the first few years it was difficult. Despite the taunts, bullying, and feelings of isolation I managed to press through, at times with tears in my eyes. What I didn’t know was that experience was ordained by God.
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation. It declared that all slaves within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” This changed the war from one in which the North fought to preserve the Union. It then became a war to free enslaved African Americans.
Four generations later, Black Americans still have to wrestle state legislatures to assert their freedom to vote. The freedom to teach Black History in some or several states remains a challenge.
How can this be in this be in the 21st century?
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A. Francine Green is an ordained minister and the author of Daughter of the King: Possessing Your Spiritual Inheritance .
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