Former slave Booker T. Washington, in a 1901 autobiographical book Up From Slavery, made the following poignant statement: When we rid ourselves of prejudice, or racial feeling, and look facts in the face, we must acknowledge that, notwithstanding the cruelty and moral wrong of slavery, the ten million Negroes inhabiting this country, who themselves or whose ancestors went through the school of American slavery, are in a stronger and more hopeful condition, materially, intellectually, morally and religiously
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TRUMPMEDIA-MAGA restored UPDATE 12/29/23: It’s cheering to read about what we can expect (and wish for fervently) from a second Trump term. I’ll have more …
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DITTOVILLE.COM AMERICAN SPIRIT-Not just surviving but prevailing! TRUMPMEDIA-MAGA restored UPDATE 3/21/24: One draws comfort and hope from what restored MAGA might look like. And one …
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DITTOVILLE.COM AMERICAN SPIRIT-Not just surviving but prevailing! UPDATE 6/30/23: The six reputedly conservative Supreme Court justices were apparently feeling brave as a group this week, …
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DITTOVILLE.COM AMERICAN SPIRIT-Not just surviving but prevailing! UPDATE 12/16/22: The spirit of Christmas and Chanukah meld happily with the American spirit at this time of …
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DITTOVILLE.COM American Spirit UPDATE 10/11/20: A Trump caravan of 30,000 cars in Latino, anti-communist FLA! The heart leaps. Whatever it is (or Trump’s for), I’m against …
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Is MAGA alive and well? Can America be great again, or are we a civilization in free fall? MAY OUR BEST DAYS LIE JUST AHEAD. …
Updates 6/7-14/20
DITTOVILLE.COM Baltimore=Ferguson Redux=…the next one. UPDATE 6/8/20: It’s high time for today’s American Blacks to put the blazing vision of Booker T. Washington into practice…or …