Salem and many of the western townships beyond are characterised by pretty church steeples and ancient oak trees that give them a stateliness that belies the drama that occurred centuries ago.

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As the civil rights movement reached across the South, and as confrontations at other notorious stateliness made Little Rock look like a beginner course in racial violence, the Negro press lost its front row seat.

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