400 Years Since 1619: My Nephew Wanted to Go to Morehouse College. He's Going to the University of Alabama. We Just Lost One, One.

Back in October 2019—in a version of the world that is very different from the version we live in now—my nephew, along with probably a hundred other prospective students, visited the campus of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Ga., during our annual homecoming weekend. On the Friday of that week, my nephew sat in on…