Hakeem Jeffries, Justin J. Pearson, Scott Colom, Mandela Barnes and more Black leaders had plenty of thoughts after Trump's State of the Union address.
Black folks are being asked to "turn the other cheek" after the BAFTA scandal, but given the deep history of forcing Black people to submit, the wound is still too fresh.
Jim Crow laws were in place not that long ago. Even though many photos from that time are in black and white, the history is far from ancient and the remnants are all around us.