Clack Slavery Of The Past Still Looms Over The Present Clack: slavery of the past still looms over the present by cary clack , express news columnist feb 5, 2021 freed slaves in richmond, va., pose during the civil war in 1865. Cary clack: slavery of the past still looms over the present some may argue these are isolated events and not indicative of the overall experience of african americans. polling data dispute this.
Clack Slavery Of The Past Still Looms Over The Present Indeed, the poverty and unemployment rate among black americans has been at least double that of whites over the last 40 years despite an overall decline (see figure 1) and blacks represent only 1.4 percent of the top 1 percent of households by income even though they comprise 13.6 percent of the us population. On the eve of the american civil war in 1860 – a conflict fought over slavery – free black people numbered 488,000 in the us compared to 4 million enslaved – not an insignificant number. No one has played a greater role in helping all americans know the black past than carter g. woodson, the individual who created negro history week in washington, d.c., in february 1926. woodson was the second black american to receive a phd in history from harvard—following w.e.b. du bois by a few years. Though born into slavery, sojourner truth would defy the limits placed upon her as a black woman to become one of the nineteenth century’s most renowned female preachers and civil rights advocates. in we will be free, nancy koester chronicles her spiritual journey as an enslaved woman, a working mother, and an itinerant preacher and activist.