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Making Sense of Cherokee Expulsion from My Homeland
The Cherokee Trail of Tears started twenty miles from where I grew up. I never gave it much thought, at least until November 2020.
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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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The Death of Juliette Derricotte
How a 1931 car accident in my hometown spotlights the overlooked injustice of Jim Crow-era healthcare
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Horace King, Howell Cobb, and the Civil War's Final Battle
How a bridge at the center of the Battle of Columbus undermined the Confederacy's "whole theory of slavery"
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John Robinson: The Overlooked Legacy of Appomattox Court House
How an unexpected detour at the iconic Civil War site reminded me of what the Confederate surrender enabled.
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Closing the Cherokee Chapter
How exploring the tribe's story influenced how I view Native Americans and 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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