Karen       Branan

Published in Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer, May 28, 2016 ( https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/opinion/article80313112.html#storylink=cpy )  ...

On Jan. 6 I was sitting in my house 10 blocks from the U.S. Capitol when the scream of sirens split the air and I turned on the TV to see...

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On Jan. 22, 1912, white Georgians lynched their first woman. She was African-American, of course, and it took over a hundred years for...

This is my fifth newsletter. Every month or so I send one out to a list of about 500 folks. If you wish to join this list, please email...

On June 4 I journeyed to Lagrange, Ga., for two speaking engagements – neither of which I shall ever forget. Lagrange, the seat of Troup...

The old man was waiting for me when I arrived. He didn’t know I was coming nor did I. It just turned out that way. I was in Harris...

Yesterday on Georgia Public Radio’s “On Second Thought,” Celeste Headlee asked me how I could be certain I had the true story, given most...

Over the long years I’ve worked on this book I have talked many other white people who shared with me traumatic memories of racial...

Here I will post stories of Harris County and its people which did not make it into the book. I will write of my encounters and...