Comments | lordb1: Truly free indeed

lordb1

Truly free indeed

Jul 17, 2003 21:38

Do you know what juneteenth is? It is the oldest known celebration of the freedom of the slaves following the civil war.The celebration is marked by the date of June 19th,1865 when union soldiers,led by Major General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston,Texas with news that the war had ended and all slaves were now free.Note that this was two and a ( Read more... )

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anonymous October 24 2003, 18:38:32 UTC

WHAT A CONTRADICTORY BUNCH OF BUNK!!!! DID YOU EVEN READ WHAT YOU WROTE????? AND AS FOR THIS COUNTRY CONTIUING TO OPRSS AFFIRCAN AMERICANS, THAT IS ALSO A BUNCH OF BUNK!!! EVER HEAR OF THE NAAWP( NATION ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHITE PEOPE OR ASIAN PEOPLE OR MEXICANS ETC ETC, OF COURSE NOT!!!! NO OTHER RACE BENEFITS FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OR THE NEGRO COLLEGE FUND OR ANY OF THE OTHER WAYS WE ADVANCE THE STATION OF AFICAN AMERICANS, AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE THE SAME ADVANTAGES AS ANY OTHER RACE IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVEN MORE. STOP MAKING EXCUSES !!!! IF THEY HAVENT MADE WHAT THEY WANT OF THEIR LIVES, THEY HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES.