Atlanta Forward: Leadership

Andrew Sheldon, a jury consultant, has assisted in the prosecutions and retrials of a number of civil rights murder cases. Today he writes about founding the nonprofit organization, Southern Truth and Reconciliation (STAR), along the lines of the South African Truth Commission. A companion essay, written by one of my former University of Georgia professors, notes the work of the Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee, a biracial response to “the last lynching in Georgia.”

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