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Abrams’ Flag-Burning Incident: That’s What They Force You to Do as a Black Person in the South
In 1992, when Stacey Abrams was in college, she participated in a protest where there was a burning of a Georgia state flag that had been redesigned in 1956 specifically to incorporate the Confederate battle flag emblem in it, in a clear attempt to make a statement against the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. That history…
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Man Who Beat Up Dylann Roof Is Out on Bond
More than 18 months after his arrest, the man who assaulted Dylann Roof is out on bond—less than 48 hours after an online donation fund was set up in his name. According to court records, 26-year-old Dwayne Stafford, who was jailed on charges of strong armed robbery, assault and lying to police, was released Friday…
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We Are Charleston: The Mother Emanuel Church Shooting a Year Later
Forgiveness. It was the main thing that stuck out, and one of the few things outsiders didn’t understand about Charleston, S.C., last year. How could so many who’d lost so much forgive then-21-year-old Dylann Roof after he allegedly shot and killed nine African-American worshippers during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church? Only five people survived…