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☆ David Brooks on Blind Willie Johnson’s ‘Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground’ - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
America Is An Island Where the Rules Never Changepick the one piece of culture thatbest captures the country. If we’re going to understand America, let’s dive right into the dark pools of social pain that underlie our bitterness and division. Listen to “Dark Was theNight, Cold Was the Ground”by Blind Willie Johnson. It opens:Dark was the night, and cold the groundOn which the Lord was laid;His sweat like drops of blood ran down;In agony he prayed. The night in question is a cruel ordeal that anticipates the light and warmth of the coming dawn.
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☆ Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
  + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +13 min
It marks the moment in June of 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free by executive decree. Though it commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery and people like Cummins. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War endedThere is a popular conception that the formerly enslaved were freed after the Civil War ended. It is what historians call a “Slave Bible.” It is a copy of a Bible that was used by British missionaries to convert enslaved African Americans. Kin Cheung/APThe historical record shows that enslaved African Americans revitalized Christianity in other ways, historians say.
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