The Bone And Sinew Of The Land : America's forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality -- America's forgotten black pioneers and the struggle for equality
Examines the history of black pioneers who were part of America's earliest fight for equality. Highlights the efforts of Keziah and Charles Grier who became some of the first conductors of the Underground Railroad along with others who made a stand for equality in a nation rife with slavery.
Content Note
"Life, liberty" -- Interlude : "We hold these truths to be self-evident" -- "The pursuit of happiness" -- "And secure the blessings of liberty" -- "To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" -- "Burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people" -- "The right of the people peaceably to assemble" -- "For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments" -- "A history of repeated injuries and usurpations" -- Conclusion : "All men are created equal.".