“I’m not brave like you” S4 E9

Buried Truths by WABE

Apr 5, 202361:09Society & Culture

An anonymous letter in the files of Donald Lee Hollowell captures white attitudes in the South. Some whites harbored no hatred for Black people but were too afraid to say so. What about today? And tomorrow?

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