Bryant and Milam are both dead. Society is drastically different. Perhaps there is still more work to do, but we are as far from that past time in terms of progress as we are now from an ideal future. You produce more of what you focus on. If you focus on a painful past you will only create a painful present. Focusing on moving forward, together,
towards a peaceful and equal coexistence, and that is what will produce. Sounds like a political speech, but it's true.