1946 Winder Ga and Walton Co lynchings on NPR

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1946 Winder Ga and Walton Co lynchings on NPR

Postby Stephen Fox » Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:10 pm

I will get the link up soon. Dorsey Lynching there in 46, the Fire in the Cane Brake William and I have discussed before takes on new weight for WWII vets

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcrip ... =649797847

ML King Jr. wrote a letter in 46 to the Atlanta Constitution on these lynchings.. His father said it was the first intimations of his later greatness
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Bricke for George Dorsey in Collinsville, Al

Postby Stephen Fox » Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:37 pm

We are doing some crowd source funding for a 50 dollar brick, contextual narrative, for the Collinsville Veterans Park between the Library and the RR

George Dorsey
"I'm the only sane {person} in here." Doyle Hargraves, Slingblade
"Midget, Broom; Helluva campaign". Political consultant, "Oh, Brother..."


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