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July 9, 2020 Antelope Valley Press: Fuller death officially ruled suicide Detectives reach same conclusion with hanging victim as before
July 1, 2020 Antelope Valley Press: A final farewell to Fuller
“He was a courageous dude. He was a natural creative. Confident dude, positive dude. Light up the room with his smile.” -Chad Bellows, Fuller's friendJune 27, 2020 The Guardian: 'The Confederacy of California': life in the valley where Robert Fuller was found hanged
June 26, abc news: Autopsy complete in Palmdale hanging of Robert Fuller as family, friends continue to demand answers
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Why Did They Hate Us?': Explaining the Lynching Memorial to My Son
by DAINA RAMEY BERRY
article about the author's visit with her 12-year old son to the:
More than 4400 African American men, women, and children were hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950. Millions more fled the South as refugees from racial terrorism, profoundly impacting the entire nation. Until now, there has been no national memorial acknowledging the victims of racial terror lynchings. On a six-acre site atop a rise overlooking Montgomery, the national lynching memorial is a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy.
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The line in quotations is by Ben O’Keefe, former senior aide to Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the June 2, 2020 article:
How to be a good white ally, according to activists
Three experts on what it does and doesn’t mean to be an ally, now and always. By Emily Stewartemily.stewart@vox.com Jun 2, 2020, 2:10pm EDT