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Giving A.L. McCamy the Memorial Service He Deserved
The last recorded lynching victim in my hometown will finally receive a marked grave—88 years and a day after his murder.
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Stumbling upon "the Black Pearl" (Part II)
How disputes about Atlantic Beach’s future have instead mired it in the past
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Stumbling upon "the Black Pearl" (Part I)
How a required detour in North Myrtle Beach highlights Jim Crow-era beach access
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Walking Down Montgomery’s Dexter Avenue
How the competing narratives of racial oppression and racial justice play out on this short downtown street.
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Meandering through the Boston Common
How a walk through our nation's oldest public park stirred comparisons with parks back home
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Peeling the Evangelical Onion (+ a NICU update)
A podcast and a book that helped me understand American evangelicalism
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A NICU Fourth of July
How watching fireworks from an unexpected location spurred gratitude for our country
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Southbound
Southbound
A 10th-generation Southerner exploring overlooked stories of the South and wrestling with how they affect us today.
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