(Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) By Gerald Nesmith ·Updated September 1, 2023
It is easy to look back at the world in 2009 and believe things were much simpler. The United States had just elected its first Black President in Barack Obama, his hope-laced rhetoric brought an air of optimism that was sorely missing in a country on the verge of economic collapse. This feeling
