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Martin DyckmanJuly 1, 2015

Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]

Bill PrescottJune 30, 2015

Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]

Guest AuthorOctober 28, 2014

He wanted it to be a private pilgrimage. It turned into a public tribute. Maybe it will become a movement. L. Lamar Wilson ran 15 miles on Sunday afternoon, retracing the route taken by the white men who abducted and lynched Claude Neal 80 years ago in Marianna, Fla. Then about 40 people joined him […]

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Martin Dyckman: The time is now to take it down

Martin Dyckman: The time is now to take it down

Andrew Skerritt: Poet stages tribute to black man lynched 80 years ago