The Black Collective Conciousness

From Generation… Slavery is frequently referred to as the school through which Black people passed in it’s progress from a primitive state to civilization. It was the means of introduction of African natives to the American culture. The effects of this racial experience have carried over from generation to generation making an imprint in the Black conciseness. This is sometimes referred to as the collective conciseness. These memories of the middle passage, reconstruction era, …

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