America, What Do We Do After Charleston?
Category: POLITICS
I am a native South Carolinian. Charleston is my maternal ancestral home. My great grandmother was born during slavery. My great grandfather I have been told was a plantation overseer. Never have I been more proud and more ashamed of my dueling ancestral heritages than right now.
By Marian Wright Edelman, ContributorPresident, Children's Defense Fund, 2015-07-03