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Been curious about for a long time. One propensity of American Media is we often Pay Attention when something really bad happens and then we do not check in again. Ofas curious, what sort initiatives were being taken . Have there been any progress . Had there been any healing in the community . When i started this, i made st. Louis one of my first stops. I was interested in what i found. Host early on in this piece, you compare the people in st. Louis to those in selma. Explain the similarities you saw. Guest that comparison came from reverend darrell gray, who i interviewed for the piece. He is a long time civil rights activist. He has come to st. Louis. He is based in a church in montreal, but he has been active in st. Louis in these protests and the broader movement. The reason as best i understood the reason he compares this to selma is because selma was a tough nut to crack. Part of what helps crack it is the intentional decision to involve white allies. It is something they are d
Missouri, is working to overcome racial determination after the right in ferguson three years ago. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host we saw the events unfold three years ago, why take a look at this issue now for this magazine piece . Guest it is something i have been curious about for a long time. One propensity of American Media is we often Pay Attention when something really bad happens and then we do not check in again. Ofas curious, what sort initiatives were being taken . Have there been any progress . Had there been any healing in the community . When i started this, i made st. Louis one of my first stops. I was interested in what i found. Host early on in this piece, you compare the people in st. Louis to those in selma. Explain the similarities you saw. Guest that comparison came from reverend darrell gray, who i interviewed for the piece. He is a long time civil rights activist. He has come to st. Louis. He is based in a church in montreal, but he
Have accumulated and theyve led to this really distorted view of both men. But today well be talking about Braxton Bragg. Earl has written a fantastic biography of Braxton Bragg, i believe we have kolpi copies of volume as well. Earls going to speak to us today about a topic. Im pleased to see were not going to hear crickets here because the topic is Braxton Bragg who is the butt of all jokes and of course civil war historians. Not a particularly humorous crew. It is my pleasure to welcome earl hess. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, pete, very much, for that generous introduction. Thinking about it this morning, what made me do this book, and i think it really is what pete mentioned. That whenever you go to a civil war roundtable and mention the name Braxton Bragg, theres a titter of laughter coming up from the audience. Because he in some ways is kind of almost a joke. In some ways. In other ways, as pete says, a cheap joke. And also the question this morning that someone