When our youngest son was in elementary school, he came home one day and asked me a question after he learned about Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Movement. That totally stunned me. He said, "Mom, why did it take a hundred years from the time slavery ended in our country to when black people were given civil rights. " I was astounded by his insightfulness at such a young age. I think I said something like, "Human beings raising our consciousness is hard, slow work, and it's often met with re ...