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The woman at the center of Brown v Board just passed away at age 76 John Lewis walked across a bridge in Selma & is still alive The woman who opened the new Smithsonian is the daughter of an enslaved person Don’t let anyone tell you this history was a long time ago. It wasn’t.

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Clint Smith

@ClintSmithIII

I say this all the time, but those white people standing under lynched bodies, those white people throwing rocks at Dr. King, those white people spitting on small children integrating elementary schools, so many of them are still very much alive, still voting, & still governing.

1:58 PM · Mar 27, 2018

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The history we’ve told ourselves was long was not so long ago at all. Take some time to watch this video:

vice.com

How Slavery Survived in the South Long After the Civil War

VICE met up with Antoinette Harrell, a genealogist who tracks down cases of slavery and abusive labor practices that lasted into the 1960s.

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that would make one hell of an article -- finding those people

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Absolute truth!!!

@JaneDoe_Hipsta

Mar 27, 2018

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@ClintSmithIII

You are blessing to the black community ✊🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾

Brad Raley (no blue checkmark needed)

@Streaksfriend

Mar 27, 2018

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@ClintSmithIII

I teach the civil rights movement as a part of US history, and am always so struck by the recent-ness of so much.

Another Bike Commuter

@schnufflerowner

Mar 27, 2018

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@ClintSmithIII

Some members of Congress who voted against MLK day are still making laws now.

Verstehun Futurist #wordoftheday

@ljtenn

Mar 27, 2018

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@ClintSmithIII

The most looming reason to make sure family, friends and neighbors are all registered to vote. And why we should participate in the push for restoring voter rights to felons

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🤔....Damn you're right

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And still raising kids and grandkids