Our history is a contradiction; a nation based on freedom once did not give all people the right to live freely. ... Anne Moody reflects on the murders of her town, "At least when other animals (hogs, cows, etc.) were killed by man, they were used as food. ... A People and a Nation, A History of the United States, vol 2. ... "I stood there reaching up and snatching out those boiling hot guts with my bare hands as fast as I could My face, arms, and clothes were splattered with blood and chicken shit (Moody 145). ... Not only were jobs for blacks difficult and tedious, but food was also har...

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