But black history isn't just about saying, “Hey, my ancestors were a part of the No. 2 Construction Battalion in a significant way”, or that the Carty brothers, who are related to me, could have been wiped out had something tragic happened during World War II. All of them, the whole family, a whole generation, could have been wiped out, but they all managed to come back.
Mais l'histoire des Noirs, ce n'est pas seulement de dire « Hé! Mes ancêtres ont joué un rôle important dans le 2 Bataillon de construction », ou « Les frères Carty, qui sont parents avec moi, auraient pu disparaître s'il y avait eu un événement tragique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale».