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Leonard Pitts: Fear is the great unspoken engine of American history

We need to ask the kids of all colors what they think about learning the truth.

(AP Photo/David Goldman) Najeli Rodriguez, 18, center, wearing her cap from her high school graduation this year, fist bumps Amanda Toussaint, during a youth organized Juneteenth protest outside the Statehouse Friday, June 19, 2020, in Providence, R.I. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free 155 years ago. Now, with support growing for the racial justice movement, 2020 may be remembered as the year the holiday reached a new level of recognition.