The Black Roots of Memorial Day

Herbert Dyer, Jr.
7 min readNov 22, 2019
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Some history….

As the end of this our Fourth Century in this tortuous land draws inexorably ever closer, it is well that we do some deep remembering. Remembrance is a necessary, essential, exercise in order to keep the present in proper perspective.

A proper appreciation of the past renders the future accessible, even malleable. We must know where we came from before we can decide…

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Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Freelancer since the earth first began cooling. My beat, justice: racial, social, political, economic and cultural. I’m on FB, Twitter, Link, hdyerjr@gmail.com.