“We hold these truths to be self-evident.” Not a lot of equivocation there. Thomas Jefferson declared the words that followed could only be refuted by someone with their head in the sand. “All men are created equal.” The man who wrote those words was definitely an enigma. Jefferson, along with 41 of the 56 men […]
racism
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Works in Progress
Memories of racismBy Fred Malo, Jr.Carbondale Like most people my age, my short-term memory really sucks. I can’t remember what I did five minutes ago. On the other hand, my long-term memory is spooky good. I remember details of a trip my family made to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee in 1953, when I was […]
