Black History/White Lies: 5 ways Black people built America
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 29, 2024
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.
“We built this country.”
– Black people
If you survived the American education system’s social studies curriculum, you might believe that Black people have slowly but generously achieved full citizenship into a country that white people created with their own hearts . . .