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Anneshia Hardy | The Hardy Exchange
Editorial By Anneshia | Montgomery Advertiser
"... blacks and whites and other Americans who want to understand the meaning of the American experience need to remember lynching."
—James H. Cone, "The Cross and the Lynching Tree"
I recently read an op-ed titled, “Many whites were lynched for fighting racism.” The op-ed left me staring at my computer screen until the text began to spiral into a distorted blur. The op-ed was filled with historical inaccuracies and a misconstrued illustration of a very grotesque point in American history. After reading the op-ed, I felt the need to submit a response and provide some much-needed context to the data and views presented.