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5. That wasn't that story.

Reply to alphafemale (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 06:00 PM

Jul 2016

It portrayed him as only a man who fell into circumstances that put him into situations that were once one thing and 100 years later are very much the same in parts of the south.

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If you haven't seen the Free State of Jones... Go see it. [View all] Photographer Jul 2016 OP

I saw it a few weeks ago upaloopa Jul 2016 #1

Great Smithsonian article on the film, with a good read on the backstory Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #2

It's a great story I am sure. alphafemale Jul 2016 #3

That wasn't that story. Photographer Jul 2016 #5

We want to see it mcar Jul 2016 #4

There were scattered pockets through LuvNewcastle Jul 2016 #6

So true. Well said. Photographer Jul 2016 #7