#atavist — Public Fediverse posts
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"Fear was essential to keeping white power intact, and as the civil rights movement whipped up revolutionary energy across the Black Belt, Lummie’s and his colleagues’ efforts intensified."
An excerpt from the new #Atavist story, by Alexandra Marvar: https://longreads.com/2026/01/06/lummie-jenkins-alabama-atavist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #History #America
#AmericanSouth #DeepSouth #Alabama #Racism #Sheriff #LawEnforcement #Journalism -
"Todd’s nerves had kept him awake for most of the previous night, and he felt a little sick to his stomach. But evidence of his grit and the battles he’d already waged in his life was etched into his skin: a jagged-edged divot in his lower left shin.
https://longreads.com/2024/07/09/traumatic-brain-injury/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social