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As we step into Black History Month, we often focus on the wins; the inventions, the barriers broken, the excellence. But we cannot separate the glory from the grit. Our history is also a chronicle of endurance against impossible odds. This month, as I reflect on the legacy of Medgar Evers, I am reminded that the fight for justice isn't just out there in the streets; it's also in here, in how we treat ourselves. In a world that gives us every reason to check out, staying present is an act of resistance. February 5th marks the anniversary of the conviction of Byron de la Beckwith for the killing of Medgar Evers. It was justice that arrived thirty years late. And as I sit here, holding onto my recovery with both hands, looking around at the political climate in the USA today, it is almost laughable to hear white people suddenly gasping, asking, "What is happening?" or "Why is this happening?" or the ever-clueless "How did we get here?" They ask these questions as if we Melanated Folks haven't been screaming the answers from the mountain tops since the beginning of slavery in this place we know as the United States of America. We have been telling white America that the government is killing us. We have been saying it from the days of Nat Turner to Emmett Till to Sandra Bland to Keith Porter, Jr. READ FULL BLOG
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