OVER 160 YEARS OF UNDUE SUFFERING ENSURED THE RETARDATION OF WHERE BLACK PROGRESSION COULD HAVE TAKEN BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA DUE TO BLATANT AND VIOLENT RACISM FROM WHITES IN RESPONSE TO THE EMANCIPATION OF 1866. THE U.S. SANCTIONED AND GRANTED IMPUNITY TO RESPECTIVE STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM OF ITS POPULATION OF THE DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES, TO THIS DAY.