On this day, George Stinney became the youngest American executed in the 20th century

My parents spared no expense to instill the putrid reality of American racism into my mind. I studied W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey extensively while I was memorizing my multiplication tables. The name Garrett Morgan floated around my house so commonly that I was shocked none of my white friends knew a Black man invented the traffic light. — Read the rest