"Did The American Civil War Ever End?" from The NY Times

[RobertZ]

Based on the valuable posts by fellow member Mr. Oz, regrettably and obviously "NO".

A quick quote:
"But when did slavery actually end? Was it the national ratification of the 13th amendment, on Dec. 6, 1865? Or the day Mississippi ratified it, in 1995? Or the gift of full citizenship [[including voting rights) to African-Americans? There are those who would argue that we are still waiting for that Day of Jubilee. To read the stories that came out of Ferguson, Mo., Cleveland and Baltimore in the last year — all communities that remained in the Union — is to realize how distant the victory of the Civil War feels to large numbers of African-Americans."

Worth reading:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...l-right-region

[soulster]

Thanks for posting this!