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  1. Freedom on the Move (@fotmproject) is such an exciting effort because human empathy relies on narrative and works on a one-to-one basis. @CarwilBJ/1093283102481367042?s=19
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      It's so different to connect with one person who risked everything to win their freedom than it is to try to squeeze the entirety of slavery into your mind.
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        This is also why Toni Morrison's Beloved and Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad work to help us grok slavery in a way that very few histories can.
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          "a Mulatto Man Slave … will pass for a free man … He will make for Detroit, through the states of Kentucky and Ohio." Already we have the outlines of human striving, someone to love as he runs with danger at his heels, bondage chasing him down.
          oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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            This, too, is why African Americans fought not so much against lynching as for Emmitt, not so much against all racist patrolling as for Trayvon (whose birthday would have been celebrated yesterday).
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              This whole line of thought wouldn't have come up without listening to @jessicacblank's amazing interview here: @realitysandwich/1087785314784022532?s=19
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