Beyond the courthouse, the hearings also set the stage for people across majority-Black greater Jackson to confront the case’s excruciating truths: from vestiges of slavery to the survivors’ haunting trauma, perpetrators’ often-agonized courtroom apologies and the grave question of how to push toward a more just future.
In his 34 years, Charlie Parker lived life on an operatic scale. The saxophone player from Kansas City reinvented an art form by bringing bebop to center