History of Leroy Satchell pt. 2
I’m sure I don’t have to tell readers what this revelation meant to me in this day and age. As our nation struggles with its identity and tries to figure out just who we really are we find ourselves in a struggle between those who are fighting racism, those who believed with all their hearts that racism was over after the election of our first Black president, and those who are angry that a Black president was ever elected and have been taking the last 4 years to attempt to get our country back to a darker time for minorities and people of color. For me it’s a time to look inward at my own preconceived notions, my own attitudes and beliefs around race, and what I thought I knew as true in my home here in northern New England. First, I asked the folks at the St. Albans Historical Museum if what I was seeing was true as it’s often hard to tell with old black and white photos. In this case though, I was sure that I was right. It seemed as much a surprise to them as it was to me. Being a...
