one of the things i remember most about the book is it reveals the work of a guy named edmon pettis.the name, but those of you who followed the career of the civil rights movement remember walking over a brid called the edmon pettis bridge. it's a symbol that we think of as a horrible moment of black people and history of the country, and then i read her book and found that old senator edmon pettis was a leader in trying to get reparations in the 19th century for reasons that were not the most uplifting, but the bottom line was that after the civil war and during that whole reconstruction era, he figured a good way of getting money to banks controlled by whites in the south was by having the federal government give reparations to blacks who would then have to bank them and his constituents back and that was quite an interesting insight into history. history, i think is important, but also understanding these provisions of the constitution and recognizing that you have some tremendous giants who fought to make the 14t amendment of real and viable for us, and these challenges continue

one of the things i remember most about the book is it reveals the work of a guy named edmon pettis. people think they know the name, but those of you who followed the career of the civil rights movement remember walking over a bridge called the edmon pettis bridge. it's a symbol that we think of as a horrible moment of black people and history of the country, and then i read her book and found that old senator edmon pettis was a leader in trying to get reparations in the 19th century for reasons that were not the most uplifting, but the bottom line was that after the civil war and during that whole reconstruction era, he figured a good way of getting money to banks controlled by whites in the south was by having the federal government give reparations to blacks who would then have to bank them and his constituents back and that was quite an interesting insight into history. history, i think is important, but also understanding these provisions of the constitution and recognizing that you have some tremendous giants who fought to make the 14th amendment of real and viable for us, and

one of thethings i remember most about the book is it reveals the work of a guy named edmon pettis.eople think they know the name, but those of you who followed the career of the civil rights movement remember walking over a bridge called the edmon pettis bridge. it's a symbol that we think of as a horrible moment of black people and history of the country, and then i read her book and found that old senator edmon pettis was a leader in trying to get reparations in the 19th century for reasons that were not the most uplifting, but the bottom line was that after the civil war and during that whole reconstruction era, he figured a good way of getting money to banks controlled by whites in the south was by having the federal government give reparations to blacks who would then have to bank them and his constituents back and that was quite an interesting insight into history. history, i think is important, but also undstanding these provisions of the constitution and recognizing that you have some tremendous giants who fought to make the 14th amendment of real and viable for us, and the