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Ellen Bryant Voigt | At the Movie: Virginia, 1956

When finally we got our own TV, the evening news
with its hooded figures of the Ku Klux Klan
seemed like another movie

November 2, 2025 · 13 Comments

Video: Cookie & Zo’e | Segregation 60 years apart

A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After Desegregation.

March 29, 2025 · 13 Comments

Bill Lueders: Beyond Good and Evil | On Wendell Berry’s Brave New Book

A book by the celebrated author, poet, and farmer that takes on racism, the Civil War, and his life’s work.

October 9, 2022 · 2 Comments

Charles Davidson: The Slaves of my Ancestors

Slaves Waiting for Sale by Eyre Crowe – Richmond, Virginia, 1853. . DICK, STEPHEN, CHARITY, AND LUCY were their given names — these beloved “Negroes.” They were the propertied slaves owned … Continue reading

April 29, 2018 · Leave a comment

Video: The Man is the Music

. ‘Everything that I’ve experienced, I’ve made a piece of art to go along with it.’ Prolific artist, musician and lover of Mother Earth, Lonnie Holley treasures the discarded. Nurturing … Continue reading

April 29, 2018 · 1 Comment

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