From start of American history, Blacks have sacrificed

Published 1:30 am Sunday, July 19, 2020

A quick reminder to all patriots who do not feel the insistence that “Black Lives Matter” is a truly American expression. On March 5, 1770 a crowd in Boston, Mass., was confronted by British soldiers. Snowballs, rocks and cobblestones were thrown at the soldiers, who eventually fired back. The first man killed was Crispus Attucks, a Black man and former slave. He was the first man killed in the coming American Revolution. Does anyone now think it mere chance that the Black man in the crowd was the one to be hit with enough gunfire to be killed where he stood? I guess things have not changed all that much, but every patriotic American must acknowledge that Black people have been part of what made America from the very start. To do less ignores the blood spilled on a snowy Boston street.

Michael Furr

Marysville