Part 1: Freedom in Black

“The scrap of newspaper used to steal knowledge of the alphabet. The North Star GPS. The first kin born in freedom and the last who died to make it that way. If any single term defines the sprawling tapestry of our existence, it is the word “freedom.” These are stories of how it has been achieved and denied, how we have moved closer toward its border and the barriers to stepping across it. And mostly how our pursuit of that single idea has made us who we are.”