From Charleston the Charlottesville and beyond, a journey C. J. Hunt takes for himself, bringing us along as he confronts the honesty with which he needs to face the racism the US fights so hard not to face. Starting after the massacre in Charleston inspired a new (but not, I think, the first) effort in New Orleans to remove monuments to the Confederacy and its leaders, with many voices and sides seen and heard from, before Hunt begins to focus himself and our journey on new paths. Familiar history, historical lies, and the beginnings of telling more history, some as it happens. Humor, tragedy, anger, triumph; hope. Masterfully done, a journey I am glad to have taken.
Review of The Neutral Ground
