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i grew up in rural north carolina. when i recently saw a picture of john richards being hanged it literally brought the lynchings home. i recognize the surname of some of the lynchers - it was not an uncommon last name in my elementary and high school. these connections to the present bring this history alive.

atrocities are not unique to the american south. yet our collective memory is such that only a few generations later, we need to be reminded of our history, and that radical genocidal movements can and did take hold here, very close to our homes.

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