you will see the invention of languages that preceded the lingua franca of the world today, which of course is english. that's one way of inspiring people. and that's one way of defining black history. but alongside that very trajectory that you just described, the one of struggle, of pain, of repression, is one of survival, of triumph, of creativity. and so part of telling the story of black history is to celebrate that ability to exist in a society that is working against you, is attempting to demonize you, and still be able to triumph over it, still be able to produce original forms of art, such as jazz music. that's powerful. and that's empowering. but it's because of black people's political tradition, starting with political activism in the context of slavery to this day, that america auall is a more democratic society, is a society that has more equality than it did 200 years ago. and that is also a powerfully inspiring history. because were it not for black people, for example, in the immediate aftermath of the civil war, the south might have taken another 50 years to have pu

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