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Veterans Park in Downtown Franklin was filled with Williamson Countians on Memorial Day paying homage to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

Rev. Charlotte Williams is board president of Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality and Benevolence (CALEB). Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH) attests that systemic racism exists in every aspect of our society, perpetuating injustices socially, economically, and politically. NOAH works to expose and dismantle that racism, particularly in those areas that immediately affect our daily lives, such as housing, employment, public education, and criminal justice. In this work, unfortunately, we have not often found an ally in State government. However, we look for and applaud evi...

EASTVILLE, Va. (Tribune News Service) — That  Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks consider his lineage. His grandfather was born enslaved in  Eastville, the seat of  African American and white Union soldiers in its historic square. So many remembrances, particularly in  Virginia, are typically one or the other. His grandfather fought for the Union’s Colored Troops, survived one of the war’s most notorious battles, and later befriended the Confederate general who tried to slaughter his unit.  Pete...