It is one of the more unlikely places – a rural community struggling to move on from its “sundown town” reputation – that a small, curious audience gathered recently at the Anna Arts Center to listen to Harry Dougherty’s freedom story. It was told by local historian and educator, Darrel Dexter, who first learned of the African-American’s emancipation story 30 years ago … [Read more...] about “Shifting the spirit of the nation”: How one humanities project addresses slavery and citizenship