Carolyn Bryant saw a black teenager walk into her store in 1955. He touched her hand somehow, and he made remarks to her, or so her story ran. She knew if her husband Roy found out, he would be pretty fierce because he was an ex-soldier. Anro is the economist's obituaries editor.
He has been king since September; now it is time for the pomp. We examine the modern monarchy—and the ancient frippery of coronations. Despite prior reluctance to do much about climate change, America is set to become a clean-energy superpower. And reflecting on the life of Carolyn Bryant, whose testimony led to a lynching that set off America’s civil-rights movement.
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