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Dorothy Sanders Wells
Dorothy Sanders Wells is rector of Saint George’s Episcopal Church in Germantown, Tennessee.
The duly elected Black men expelled from a state legislature—155 years ago
The expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson recalls the Original 33, expelled by Georgia’s anti-Reconstruction White majority in 1868.
April 13, 2023
On the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, I remember my Black father’s military service
He prayed things would get better. It’s not too late.
May 25, 2021
Can offensive monuments from the past help hold us accountable today?
Perhaps the names once chosen for honor can now spark meaningful conversation.
August 12, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery’s lynching begs America to respond
What would it take to stop seeing neighbors as intruders and threats?
May 13, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic’s unequal burden on African Americans
A plague is being visited on all of us, but not evenly.
April 23, 2020
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