Leonard Pitts, Jr., who writes a regular opinion column for the Miami Herald, tweeted about two published pieces yesterday — one his own piece and the other an interesting New York Times’ piece. Here are both tweets, which include links to the articles. Pitts’ columns are always interesting, thoughtful reading, and he tackles difficult stuff. Kevin Kruse, the author of the Time’s article, is an historian who specializes in modern American political history (from the Civil War forward) and is among a group of very active historians on Twitter (https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse)

Here’s my piece on the 400th anniversary of American slavery.https://t.co/2UF3fNnqpE

— Leonard Pitts, Jr. (@LeonardPittsJr1) August 24, 2019

Fascinating. Newspaper articles about U.S. racial history rarely teach me something I never knew, but this one does.

How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam https://t.co/spewQ5RK3Y

— Leonard Pitts, Jr. (@LeonardPittsJr1) August 23, 2019