VNExplorer: How Does Charleston Grapple With Its History? By Talking About It.
Until we reckon with history, we’re not going to be free,” Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, has said, comparing historical discourse in America unfavorably to that of countries like Germany, South Africa, and Rwanda, which have had their reckonings. “I think there’s something better waiting for us that we can’t get to until we talk honestly about our past.”