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Stacey Abrams on Voting Rights and Redistricting in Georgia
Georgia has become the latest state to consider redrawing its congressional maps ahead of the 2028 election. Governor Brian Kemp is supporting the effort, while House Speaker Mike Johnson argues…
Read MoreMr. Gantt Modified Brings Truth Home to Liberty by Catherine Raine with Shelton Ponder (2024)
I am a White woman who grew up in a border state in the last quarter of the last century, but I did not learn my hometown’s complete history until…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor
As a White person raised to avoid uncomfortable topics like the toxic presence of the Confederate monument in Fairview Cemetery, I have been slow to embrace healthy discomfort. For example,…
Read MoreRacial Reconciliation Workshop Free Audio Driving Tour
CC4I’s Racial Reconciliation Workshop participants took this free audio driving tour and is open to everyone. Drive safely at your own pace through the city, while listening to GPS-synced stories…
Read MoreLetter to Liberty City Council
While the civil discussion of leaving or removing the Confederate monument in Fairview Cemetery is welcomed, it has significantly disparate sides. We, as a diverse coalition of Clay Countians, support…
Read MoreThe Lynching Tree
Over the last several months, sparked by the Confederate monument in Fairview Cemetery, I have studied the installation of similar monuments across the country near the turn of the twentieth…
Read MoreDr. Robert Weagley’s Letter to Liberty City Council
Dear Mayor Brenton and members of the Liberty City Council – I write to you as a fifth-generation, former resident of Liberty, Missouri. I am the son of former Liberty…
Read MoreJuneteenth 2020
History lesson today in celebration of the First National recognition of Juneteenth via a National Holiday. On “Freedom’s Eve,” or the eve of January 1, 1863, the first Watch Night…
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