James Loewen
James Loewen
James W. "Jim" Loewenis an American sociologist, historian, and author, best known for his 1995 book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, which was republished in 2008...
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There was a contagion of ordinances. Many small towns expelled the black population or decreed a policy of not allowing any blacks.
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I had an Aha! moment. It was October of 2001. I was speaking in my home town in Decatur.