The US Senate Apologized for Slavery. But We Ain't Gettin' 40 Acres and a Mule!
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We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics