MSNBC Stone Ghosts in the South October 30, 2021 04:50:00
It's about sullivan chivalry, standing for their homes, their farms, their children. >> there is no tearing this thing down, this will bloom here, this is in some little town square, this is the state house of alabama. some memorials are easier to find than others. 20 miles from the capitol, a plaque stands on the side of the highway. it marks the spot where he was lynched, and his body left in a ditch just 100 yards from where his five-year-old daughter josephine waited for him to come home. when you're black in alabama, you can't help but walk in the shadows of these huge confederate monumen...