The chronology prepared by the SPLC begins in 1955 with the murder of Rev. George Lee. Lee was a member of the NAACP, the operator of aprinting press, and a reverend to a Baptist church in Belzoni, Mississippi. Lee wanted to be the first black person in Humphrey County to vote. No African-American in HumpreyContinue reading “Martyrs Reviewed: Rev. George Lee”
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5/31/2020
My experiences are not universal. That is a truth I have had to remind myself as I watch my world burn. I can’t tell anyone how to deal with their trauma. It is not my place. It isn’t the place of any of us to tell each other how to deal with their trauma. ThatContinue reading “5/31/2020”