CNN opinion | Black History Month this year is more than a trip down memory lane

(CNN) – Black History Month is more important to the future of American democracy than ever. At a critical time, it offers the nation a window into its own soul — if we are only courageous enough to look. What gazes back at us is not just the past, but a way of better understanding the political, economic and social ills that plague us. The racial disparities so terribly evident in the Covid-19 pandemic and the most divisive presidential election in American history are rooted in circumstances that can best be explained, analyzed and interrogated through the lens of Black history.  –read more—