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'A personal legacy': Quilts seek to honor lynching victims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Willie Perkins. Zachariah Graham. Cornelius Robinson and Will Thompson. Names are the only heirlooms still left from the four, who were all lynched at various times in Alabama's ... read more

Confronting the Relics of the Old South

Two attractions in Alabama—the new national lynching memorial and the First Confederate White House—show a nation struggling to contend with its legacy of racial violence ... The choice of soil as the ... read more

How Do We Honor Those Lost To AIDS? From The AIDS Quilt To New Memorials

“As it exploded, this was a place where people came and did try to seek ... AIDS Quilt to Boston’s “Medicine Wheel” to San Francisco’s National AIDS Memorial Grove—and spoke to people behind plans for ... read more

AFI Docs 2019 Unveils Female-Heavy Slate Of 72 Films From 17 Countries

Fighting for equal justice within a system that has allowed slavery, lynching, segregation ... video diary documents five years of the Syrian War and tells an unforgettable personal story. MAIDEN: DIR ... read more

The Year Without Purim

Each quilt would tell the personal story of the victim’s life, achievements, hopes, and ambitions. “Each of these people had their own stories; they each left their own personal legacy ... and honor ... read more

‘Bullets and Fire’

“Bullets and Fire” painstakingly examines the brutal legacy ... lynching in Arkansas. Each essay is laden with fascinating — and unsettling — historical insights, context and details. (The title ... read more

A year later, family and friends of Kaufman County victims try to move on

The year since their deaths brought sadness and pain, but simply continuing to enjoy their own lives and work, they said, has been the best way to honor the legacy of their murdered ... who owns 2 ... read more

After Killen: What's Next For Mississippi?

The transplanted Mississippian—who moved with his mother, Fannie Lee Chaney, to New York City after his brother's death—said black Mississippians still suffer under the pain and legacy of lynchings .. ... read more

Montgomery native Riche' Richardson enters 20th year of creating portrait quilts

Montgomery native Riche' Richardson enters 20th year of creating portrait quilts Richardson's quilts often focus on successful historical figures and utilizes three-dimensional features to humanize ... read more

Opinion: White supremacists emboldened, but that’s not whole story in America today

But here's something else that has been happening: Some 400,000 people have visited a memorial to the victims of racial-terror lynchings since it opened in ... and last year inaugurated in Montgomery ... read more

The 'Hidden Fences' mistakes may be the most awkward Golden Globes moments

At every awards show, there's always one red carpet mistake that is more memorable and awkward than the others. This year, that distinction might go to Jenna Bush Hager, NBC's "Today" show ... read more

Quilts seek to honor lynching victims

The white mother of a black daughter, Tredway said the project is a personal, spiritual practice. She says aloud the name of each lynching victim before writing it on the back of the quilt ... black ... read more