Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black — Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Never forget that we were enslaved in this country longer than we have been free. Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains-whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates
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