Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Op-ed column: After-effects of slavery linger in attitudes and practices today
Sunday, November 2, 2008
K.C. Halloran
In Douglas Blackmon’s book “Slavery by Another Name,” my eyes were opened to something I didn’t know existed....
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