“It’s a cruel jest to say that a bootless man he ought to lift himself up.”
—Dr. King, 1967
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@rbreich And on top of that, when Black Americans did build up prosperous communities, they were often attacked and destroyed. Remember #Tulsa #Greenwood in 1921, #PalmSprings Section 14 in 1959, Bruce's Beach in 1927, and so many other cases.
