From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler Segregation under the Jim Crow laws was not just about separating the races. It ultimately was about instilling self-hatred and trying to separate Black people from their own humanity. This was what those signs in public places were about. It was what riding …
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler My father was a proud Black man but he was broken by Jim Crow. I remember standing in the Billups gas station with him one hot afternoon. He went into the station to buy a package of Camel cigarettes. That was the brand …
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From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler After every Racial Awareness Sunday, I would go back to my community on the far northwest side of Milwaukee. And the white members would return to their lives, where they would rarely come in contact with a person of color. In their everyday …
