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2. I'm going to post one of these every day. This one I chose because it was so near where I ...

Reply to MLAA (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 11:01 AM

Feb 2019

grew up. I want to learn all the stuff I should have learned about in school. My history I was was taught over and over. Our history I didn't learn very much about at all. I am the poorer for it. I learned a liberal sort of racism: blacks couldn't contribute because they were held back. They were held back but they certainly did contribute in bigger ways than anecdotes.

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Black history month: John Mercer Langston was the first black man to become a lawyer [View all] marble falls Feb 2019 OP

Good to know! Glad you posted this. MLAA Feb 2019 #1

I'm going to post one of these every day. This one I chose because it was so near where I ... marble falls Feb 2019 #2

I will watch for your posts. MLAA Feb 2019 #3

His photo... NurseJackie Feb 2019 #19

Way cool. marble falls Feb 2019 #20

K & R malaise Feb 2019 #4

When I was young I worked on a truck in Akron, Ohio and made $.30/hr. The kids there ... marble falls Feb 2019 #5

Good one malaise Feb 2019 #6

I didn't become a lawyer so four years of Latin shot to Hell. My sister and brother are lawyers. marble falls Feb 2019 #7

I can still conjugate those damned malaise Feb 2019 #8

amo, amare, amasui marble falls Feb 2019 #10

Funny how we all conjugate the same verb malaise Feb 2019 #12

Chapter one, Page one. marble falls Feb 2019 #13

The first African American graduate from my high school became a lawyer Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #9

I am amazed how these two stories come into contact. marble falls Feb 2019 #11

The Harlem Renaissance was a big fucking deal Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #16

It is where we merge as a people malaise Feb 2019 #18

One could make the argument music made an even bigger impact Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #21

No doubt the music was the biggest factor malaise Feb 2019 #22

WHen I read the OP I wondered if Langston Hughes was named after him malaise Feb 2019 #14

He is his great-uncle oberliner Feb 2019 #15

That is clearly stated in the OP malaise Feb 2019 #17

''America's first Black Lawyer, Macon B. Allen'' (?) Donkees Feb 2019 #23