A view from the Appalachians at Hawks Nest State Park in West Virginia Two and a half weeks ago, the kids and I completed a 16-day road trip that spanned more than 5,000 miles and took us through 18 states. The trip was largely a desire to expose my children to black history missing in their classes and curriculum. Particularly, after my daughter told me that her 7th-grade Texas history teacher intentionally omitted slavery, allegedly for fear of angering anyone, I knew I cou

I got a chance to watch the Netflix limited series, Amend: The Fight for America. The series covered the history of the 14th Amendment...