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In the final episode of What Happened In Alabama, Lee considers the man his father became, despite the obstacles in... more

Lee revisits his father Leroy’s final moments in the hospital, and tries to parse out what really led up to... more

When Lee’s parents moved to Maplewood in the mid ’70s, they were part of a wave of Black families integrating... more

Whooping. Spanking. Beating. Whatever you want to call it, corporal punishment was a central part of Lee’s upbringing. Growing up,... more

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Rules were a major part of Lee’s household growing up. But it wasn’t until he started to dig into his... more

When Lee got the results back from his DNA test, he was stunned to discover that he had pages and... more

Around 1910, Black farmers collectively owned over 16 million acres of farmland. A century later, over 90% of that land... more

Lee always knew that his father grew up during Jim Crow, but he never really understood what that meant as... more