I've avoided posting about this the past couple months since I came across the narrative and related commentary by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I'm still processing the sentiment expressed in the letter and am having a hard time coming to grips with it but thought I'd pass it along so you can make of it what you will.
From The Library of Congress...
White folks you can have your automobiles, paved streets and lights. You can have your buses, and street cars, and hot pavement and tall buildings cause I aint got no use for em no way. I tell you what I do want--I want my old cotton bed and the moonlight shining through the willow trees, and the cool grass under my feet while I run around catching lightening bugs...
To read the entire narrative, click here.
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