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Letters: Recalling the life and legacy of civil rights legend Jerome Smith

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (361+ words) There are those among us who propagate a history of America devoid of racism, slavery and Jim Crow segregation. If racism and Jim Crow did not exist, then Jerome Smith should not have suffered the chronic headaches, impaired mobility and…...


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Letters: Much to learn from LSU dean’s book on Lincoln

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (163+ words) Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by David Bustill Bowser After seeing your interview with LSU Honors College Dean Jonathan Earle, I am looking forward to reading his new book, “He Has the People,” about the enormously consequential presidential election of 1860. Dean…...