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  • Ga. Police Chief Publicly Apologizes for Lynching of Black Man in 1940

    Police Chief Louis Dekmar of LaGrange, Ga., publicly apologized Thursday more than 76 years after a black man was brutally murdered in the small town, CBS News reports. To be specific, Dekmar apologized for the lack of protection given to Austin Callaway when he was shot to death in 1940. According to Reuters, Callaway was…

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  • Ga. Teenagers Hired on the Spot After Asking for Jobs to Avoid Gangs

    A group of Georgia teens landed themselves summer jobs with the LaGrange (Ga.) Housing Authority after explaining to its head, Zsa Zsa Heard, that they were trying to stay out of trouble, KHOU11 reports. According to Heard in a Facebook post Wednesday, she was approached by the four teens while working in her office. When…

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