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Journalist comments on an Alabama county's bloody past [audio 4min]

Commentator John Fleming tells the story of Lowdnes County, Ala. During the Civil Rights era, it was called"Bloody Lowdnes" because of all the violence there. One of the people who lost their lives working for civil rights was a young Episcopal seminarian named Jonathan Daniels. Fleming is the editor-at-large for the Anniston Star.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"