According to Tuskegee University, more than 4,700 people were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968. These were not isolated acts of violence, but deliberate acts of racial terror intended to maintain white supremacy and instill fear in Black communities. Not a single one of the perpetrators was ever brought to justice. Not one family of a lynching victim received justice, acknowledgment, or compensation for the loss of their loved one. Even more disturbing, it wasn’t until 2022 that lynching was finally recognized as a federal hate crime—over half a century after the last recorded lynchings and more than a century after this violence became a public crisis. That delay speaks volumes about whose pain this country has historically valued—and whose it has ignored. History is not just about dates and names in a textbook; it is about truth. And truth—no matter how uncomfortable—is necessary for growth. Erasing history, removing it from museums, banning it from classrooms, or r...