We cannot make up for all the lives lost and dreams snatched, for all the suffering endured. But we can atone… — Nikole Hannah-Jones
We cannot make up for all the lives lost and dreams snatched, for all the suffering endured. But we can atone for it. We can acknowledge the crime. And we can do something to try to set things right, to ease the hardship and hurt of so many of our fellow Americans.
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