Three Times When Supposed Progress Only Led to the Next Phase of Racism

Three Times When Supposed Progress Only Led to the Next Phase of Racism

I began learning history much as most people do. Beginning in elementary school, we’re taught key historical events and dates. In America, that includes migration from Europe in search of religious freedom. We learned about the Revolutionary War and the heroism of the Founding Fathers. As the years go by, we learned of other wars and more American heroes. Slavery was mentioned in about equal proportion to the significance of abolitionists and th…