We cannot effectively discuss the issue of sexual assault in Black communities without acknowledging the direct war that was waged against Black women through rape during slavery and the Jim Crow era.

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Talking to her, it was easy to imagine that the place would not have looked so different when it was one of the few inns open to blues musicians (or anybody else who was black) during the Jim Crow era.

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And how does this not tell us just about everything we need to know about those who are engaged in the battle to return the nation to the era of Jim Crow?

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