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On being Black and patriotic: A Memorial Day takeaway

“One ever feels his two-ness, — an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body…” — W.E.B. DuBois Until this past weekend I never really thought about any special connection between African Americans and Memorial Day. Certainly, there are people touched deeply by the tragic loss of […]