Getting from uncomfortable to understanding: A little courage goes a long way in racial healing
March 14, 2025
A little courage goes a long way in racial healing.
A little courage goes a long way in racial healing.
In the middle of an immaculately manicured golf course tucked inside one of Jackson, Mississippi’s, most affluent neighborhoods, a 6-foot-8 Tougaloo College sophomore from Atlanta shared that experience with one of his peers. It just so happens that his peer for this conversation was a 5-foot-11 Millsaps College senior from Livingston, Ala.
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