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A lynching in Columbus: ‘Mystery’ mob leader known
Published in Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer, May 28, 2016 ( https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/opinion/article80313112.html#storylink=cpy ) ...
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From January 22, 1912 to January 6, 2021
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...
History comes 'round midnight
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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...
More about Lagrange
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...
One Morning in Lagrange, Ga.
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 Long Afterlife of a Lynching
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...
What's Missing in The Family Tree
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...
The People I Meet, The Stories They Tell
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...
Karen's Blog
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...
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