Just sitting here drinking my coffee on this #Juneteenth2020 morning and thinking about #freedom . The freedom to strive. The freedom to thrive. The freedom that my parents unleashed by insisting on education, knowing that it could free us from a life of poverty. The freedom to choose my career and my life path. The freedom to be authentically me. Though the world is on fire, I am grateful for life, and for the freedom my ancestors bought and paid for with their toil on Southern plantations. I carry their spirits every day, in every way. #BlackLivesMatter #AfricanAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericans #BlackHistory …see more