Sublime

Three white men approached Lamar Smith, who during World War II had enlisted in the Army at the age of forty-nine, and who now, having returned from the war to build up a profitable farm, had enlisted in another battle: “He was determined,” an admirer would say, “that his people would have a say in local government.” The three men warned Smith to s

Red Kelley fit right in. He was angry, petty, and violent. He had big ears and about three mustaches’ worth of mustache.