"‘If you know I have a history, you will respect me.*”…Those who assume that people have no history worth mentioning are likely to believe they have no humanity worth defending. An historical legacy strengthens a country and its people. Denying a people’s heritage questions their legitimacy."
-William Loren Katz, Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage
*a young Black Indian student told [this to] a conference of New York teachers [40] years ago
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