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SoCalDem

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1. People live a LONG time, and often forget that until quite recently

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 03:38 PM

Mar 2012

a person alive (in the here & now) could have met someone who was born a slave..

a child born as slavery ended, and who lived into their 80's 90's would have been alive into the 1940's /50's/60's.. a person now alive, who was born in the 30's/40's could have been in their family or met that elderly person

The whole sorry mess is not that far-removed from us.

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It was just under 50 yrs ago that the Civil Rights Act passed. It was so close behind us. [View all] bigtree Mar 2012 OP

People live a LONG time, and often forget that until quite recently SoCalDem Mar 2012 #1

absolutely right, SoCalDem bigtree Mar 2012 #2

I knew the daughter of a Civil War vet The Genealogist Mar 2012 #3

Yup. And in less than 50 years since it was passed MineralMan Mar 2012 #4

the progress is undeniable bigtree Mar 2012 #5

. bigtree Mar 2012 #6