Today's the Fourth of July, and well, I'm practically giddy that so many cities across America have been so united lately in their efforts to reclaim ...(More)
Leo Frank Lynching at 104: “Mob’s Own Story In Detail”
104 years ago today. Leo Frank was murdered. Here recounted the next day by the mob that kidnapped him from the State Farm prison in Milledgeville and ...(More)
Okeh, Okay, But Fiddlin’ John Carson Was the Devil?
Okeh, okay, unpopular opinion alert. I love old buildings. Ones with unique back stories even more. I generally don’t patronize chain restaurants and ...(More)
Moore’s Ford Mass Lynching at 73
The gruesome Moore's Ford lynchings occurred 73 years ago today, and while the brutal murders of George W. and Mae Murray Dorsey, and Roger and ...(More)
Walker Hancock, A Monuments Officer In Stone Mountain
Now wrap your brain around this one, on this the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. The final renowned sculptor awarded the ...(More)
Happy 100th Birthday, Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
"I Am Waiting" is a 61 year-old 'oral message' found within A CONEY ISLAND STATE OF MIND by Lawrence Ferlighetti, who's 100 years reborn to wonder ...(More)