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LEADERSHIP IN THE LSP AND HIGH-FLYING GEESE by Randall Mullins

Since early 2016 I have attempted to encourage a spirit of leadership in the Lynching Sites Project modeled after high-flying geese, but I have never taken the time to spell that out fully. I want to do that here with some examples from the LSP story.

There are 6 character traits of high-flying geese which offer profound teaching about leadership, communion with one another, and flying well as an organization:

1. Keeping Company with the Fallen

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GROWING DOWN INTO THE GOODNESS OF OUR GRIEF Grief in the Life of the Lynching Sites Project

GROWING DOWN INTO THE GOODNESS OF OUR GRIEF

Grief in the Life of the Lynching Sites Project

by Randall Mullins

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Pilgrimage Reflections by Tom Thrailkill

My journey back to Memphis and ultimately the site of the lynching of Ell Persons began with some basic historical research of my family. My Great Grandfather was one of the Memphis Police City Detectives who investigated the murder of Antoinette Rappel in 1917. He was also involved with the interrogation of Ell Persons and and was one of the authorities who successfully transported him to Nashville after the forced confession. No one living in my family today ever knew about this tragic murder back in 1917 as well as the horrific lynching that subsequently occurred.

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“Charlie Morris and Tom Carlson, Companions in Truth” by John Ashworth, Executive Director, Lynching Sites Project of Memphis

I am often emotionally pulled in many directions as I do the work of remembrance of the victims of our nation’s tortured domestic terrorism campaign from the end of the Civil War until about 1960. Along the way, all the people I work with in this effort leave a lasting impression that gets buried in my subconscious. Until that memory gets jarred in some significant way that memory remains among all the rest without much thought.

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The March Resumes by Rev. Fred Morton

The March Resumes

June 11, 2018

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Busted for Jesus by Rev. Fred Morton

The March Continues

May 29, 2018

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Say my Name, Say my Name! The Lynching of an enslaved African American Man in Memphis, Tennessee on January 1, 1851 by Jennifer S. Bennie

Say my Name, Say my Name!

The Lynching of an enslaved African American Man in Memphis, Tennessee on January 1, 1851

By Jennifer S. Bennie

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A March Completed by Rev. Fred Morton

A March Completed

May 16, 2018

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Montgomery Experience by Habiba-Charline Tramel

My reflections of the Montgomery journey. I/we went on Saturday. Our entry was 1:30pm. The museum was informative. For me how long this has been going on. For me like it was something that so called white people were entitled to do. Then the children that are locked up for life. These are children. Who does that to children and why? Museum left me without any and I mean no good feelings about so called white people. So the memorial wasn’t t much better. Walked through the first garden trying to prepare myself for what I was sure was going to effect me in some way.