Drive along Interstate 65 in central Alabama between Birmingham and Montgomery, you can't miss it. Some folks who call themselves the Sons of Confederate Veterans put up a massive Confederate flag, colors as bright as if it were brand new. The flag doesn't just remind you that you're in the Deep South. It makes you remember that "remember" is a verb. We memorialize deliberately, and with
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: On a Hill in Alabama, the Lynched Haunt Us
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