Opinion
Chains versus policy
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The past continues to affect African-Americans today, writes columnist John W. Fountain III.
Opinion
Who gets to say that?
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Rasheena Fountain writes about being black today and her thoughts on the use of a long-debated word.
News
“Stories Behind the Postcards” gives human face to lynching victims
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There was a dark time in America’s past when postcards of African-Americans strung up in trees crisscrossed the mail system found their way into mailboxes and photo albums. Standing in front of the victims’ bodies in these sepia-toned scenes is the lynch mob – men, women and children, many grinning ear to ear, like hunters posing with a prize.