If the carrier is renamed, it will be as if Doris Miller, 85 years after his heroics at Pearl Harbor, is still being reminded of his place in this country.
In embracing Black power, Black pride and the mantra Black is beautiful, Black people embraced natural hairstyles including the Afro, which Johnson nourished.
Four times in our history, when democracy needed to be revitalized, ordinary men and women emerged to breathe new life into it and do extraordinary things.