Video: Discrimination, Jim Crow and the Goodness in Government

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This is a very interesting encounter:

https://youtu.be/11Wb1QCSuMg

One could write several books just to cover what is raised in these few minutes. In fact, there are many such books! We here at ThisIsCommonSense.com think Mr. Shapiro does a great job. What do you think?

Note: a key concept not mentioned is freedom of association.

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On April 26, 1777, Sibyl Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her ride was over twice as long as Paul Revere’s more famous effort.

On the same day in 1805, United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, an important event in the First Barbary War.

In April 26, 1865, Union cavalry troopers cornered John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia, shooting him to death. There was no interrogation.