Tag: Charles Sherrod
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Shirley Sherrod: An Experiment in Truth
Update: I originally posted this quote by Charles Sherrod in March. Now that his wife, Shirley, has been in the news for the way she was so grossly misrepresented, it seems appropriate to post it again. Given Shirley Sherrod’s recent experience I think it’s safe to say that the beautiful “experiment in truth to find…
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“…an experiment in truth to find the truth.”
Charles Sherrod was a significant figure during the Civil Right movement, starting with his involvement as the SNCC director in southeast Georgia in 1961. The following paragraphs are quoted in The Beloved Community by Charles Marsh, a book I cannot recommend highly enough. But let me bear witness before you that I have seen the…
David W. Swanson 