Martin Luther King Jr.’s message was never that America was evil, only that everyone had not shared in the freedom to which we all aspire equally. He preached that all men should be treated by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. Critical race theory judges everyone by the color of their skin. So did slave owners of the 18th and 19th centuries, who viewed black people as prospective property. A Civil War was fought that led to President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in all the states. On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved Americans were informed they had been freed. Since at least 1867, black Americans have celebrated this date in various ways. On Thursday, it became a national holiday. Some conservatives have a problem with this. These conservatives are essentially proving critical race theory advocates right.