In the years following the Civil War, Booker T. Washington devoted his life to helping blacks transition out of slavery and into freedom. While his ideas were never fully embraced in his time, today, more than a century later, they remain strikingly relevant. Derryck Green from Project 21 explains.
By Illinois ReviewIllinois politics has a way of rewarding selective memory, and this past week delivered a near-perfect example.Republican State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, Rockford – who voted for...
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