To think, my nephew Sam is directly related to the very people who could've owned the mountain for the mere sum of a Kentucky long rifle and perhaps ...(More)
The World Comes to Stone Mountain, Summit of a New South
Sixty-one years after Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed, “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia,” a diverse community thrives atop Stone Mountain, a mountain still considered emblematic of Old South racism by some. This website humbly attempts to illustrate freedom ringing at long last and to celebrate all of the new faces that are reclaiming the mountain.
Mountain Son
Jay McCullough and his partner, of Centerville, GA, had only three weeks to get ready for four-month-old Andreas' arrival when they got the call that ...(More)
Battling White Supremacists at Stone Mountain
Today I witnessed a powerful and moving mobilization against hate by hundreds of counter protesters from all over the country. They well outnumbered ...(More)
Mountain of Revolution
Ancestry.com has become a bit like hanging out on Facebook—except with dead people. I spit in a test tube sometime last year, and received my ...(More)
“Seated Lincoln”
I know. It's Friday, and I should be out tripping the light fantastic or at least watching a "Bones" rerun or "Dateline," and yet thoughts of Abraham ...(More)
Ritual Walkers Weather Heights of “Tsantawu”
Today I encountered "ritual walkers" shaking rattles and chanting, some hooded in full deerskins and bearskins. They call themselves the Council of ...(More)
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
On April 4, 1968, between the hours of 6:08 pm and 7:05 pm, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel and later pronounced ...(More)
Good Friday 2016 on Stone Mountain
I thought I was simply going for an early morning walk on Good Friday when I suddenly beheld Alejandro from Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic ...(More)
