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Killing the Mockingbird: Go Set a Watchman rewrites the heroic Atticus Finch

Published date: July 13, 2015 | 8:54 pm

Updated: June 23, 2025 | 6:11 pm

The Atticus Finch who stood on the right side of justice and history in To Kill a Mockingbird is also the Atticus Finch in Go Set a Watchman who reveals himself as a segregationist, reactionary extremist, a eugenicist. You almost want to wish that the lost manuscript from Harper Lee had never been found. I say almost, because I think it’s better for the telling of To Kill a Mockingbird that it was found, in several ways.

The flag is down: The war is finally over

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Published date: July 10, 2015 | 12:00 pm

For 150 years, we continued to fight the war. The South will rise again, indeed, was the cry, as we debated what had happened and what it all meant.

ACLU warns Republican Party of Virginia not to impose poll tax for presidential nomination

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Published date: June 25, 2015 | 12:05 am

Updated: June 24, 2015 | 5:47 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter to Republican Party of Virginia Chair John Whitbeck urging the party to reject a proposal to charge delegates a fee to vote in a convention to nominate a presidential candidate in 2016.

Governor McAuliffe implements ACLU recommendation to remove modern day poll tax

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Published date: June 23, 2015 | 2:26 pm

Following requests from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia to Governor McAuliffe and former Governor McDonnell, today the McAuliffe administration announced the removal of the requirement that individuals with a felony conviction pay their fees, fines, and restitution costs before becoming eligible to have their voting rights restored.

Tea Party in Baltimore and Ferguson?

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Published date: May 1, 2015 | 5:32 pm

As Americans we get it when folks in other countries have riots for freedom. After all, high school history class thought us about the Boston Massacre, the British response to riotous Bostonians, unhappy with London’s unpopular rule.

The need for a truth and reconciliation process

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Published date: January 8, 2015 | 2:19 pm

Updated: January 14, 2015 | 10:16 pm

The killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sparked a national outcry to end the epidemic of police brutality against black men. I believe our greatest hope lies in creating a truth and reconciliation process.

ACLU applauds Governor McAuliffe’s announcement on restoration of rights

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Published date: December 18, 2014 | 5:16 pm

The ACLU of Virginia today praised the McAuliffe administration’s commitment to restoring the rights of all disenfranchised Virginians and the establishment of a much easier application process for individuals convicted of more serious felonies.

Chris Graham: More echoes of the civil rights era in Ferguson

Chris Graham

Published date: August 19, 2014 | 11:10 am

Updated: May 6, 2025 | 7:45 pm

The grainy footage from the civil rights era protests of the 1960s is getting an update in HD with the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, stemming from the police shooting of an unarmed teen two weeks ago.

President Obama: Let’s go out there and work

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Published date: July 24, 2014 | 1:01 am

President Obama at a private event in Los Angeles: “I’ve got two years left in this presidency. I want to get a whole bunch of stuff done. I need your help. So let’s go out there and work.”

ACLU applauds McAuliffe on restoration of rights reforms

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Published date: April 18, 2014 | 9:43 am

Over 450,000 Virginians are unable to vote because of the Commonwealth’s felon disenfranchisement law. Many of these Virginians are disenfranchised because of a drug felony conviction.

Search Results for Jim Crow

Killing the Mockingbird: Go Set a Watchman rewrites the heroic Atticus Finch

The flag is down: The war is finally over

ACLU warns Republican Party of Virginia not to impose poll tax for presidential nomination

Governor McAuliffe implements ACLU recommendation to remove modern day poll tax

Tea Party in Baltimore and Ferguson?

The need for a truth and reconciliation process

ACLU applauds Governor McAuliffe’s announcement on restoration of rights

Chris Graham: More echoes of the civil rights era in Ferguson

President Obama: Let’s go out there and work

ACLU applauds McAuliffe on restoration of rights reforms

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