Posts tagged On the other side of the door
Payback for Pain and Loss: Reparations for Relatives of Lynching Victims?
Payback for Pain and Loss: Reparations for Relatives of Lynching Victims?

In the U.S., reparations have had a rocky, uneven history. After World War II, in which American Indians served in great numbers and in key roles, Congress approved financial compensation of about $1.3 billion for 178 tribes. But much of it ended up in government-controlled trusts.

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Sitting Next to You in Church: A Victim of Domestic Violence?
Sitting Next to You in Church: A Victim of Domestic Violence?

Mississippi writer Kiese Laymon, born and reared in Jackson, has written in his memoir, Heavy, about his dislike of attending rural Concord Missionary Baptist Church on Sundays with his grandmama:

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