and the #CivilRights legislations tried to remedy / alleviate some of these foundational errors, but #Trumpism needed but two presidencies and a high-jacked #SCOTUS to wash most of these gains in equality away. Further things are happening on a weekly basis.
I see quite some evidence to argue that the first #CivilWar never really ended, but simmered for decades mostly below the surface, comparable to the #ColdWar.
In fact, some people have already agreed with me, that the @xankarn @HistoPol