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“In Virginia, then, to be Black was to be enslaved. To be free and Black was to be a threat.”

“This notion—that Black people were inherently devious and criminal, and that white people were required to monitor and police them—ultimately defined the nature of race relations in the United States.”

“Nothing has proved more threatening to our democracy, or more devastating to Black communities, than white fear of Black freedom dreams.”