My latest for the Washington Post explain that threats that black Americans has a long and disreputable history.
“For nearly a century, between the American Revolution and the Civil War, former slaves and their descendants lived under a legal regime that made their claim to U.S. soil a political football. While only a few thousand gave in to the pressures applied by those who dreamed of a white-only America, thousands more felt the chilling effect, afraid to exercise the rights guaranteed to all citizens, including that of free expression.”
https://wapo.st/2xd9EJw?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b1b42fec0f9f