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ACknowledgments This book was written to document poignant, sometimes painful,and unquestionably significant community conversations. Those chances for meaningful dialogue begin with an open heart as well as the invitation to others to speak. Longtime activists I met over the course of researching and writing this book who enacted those practices of speaking and listening with courage and conviction include Z Holler, Carolyn Allen, Nelson Johnson, Signe Waller, Alan Brilliant, Joyce Johnson, Steve Sumerford, Mary K. Wakeman, Lewis A. Brandon III, Joya Wesley, Joe Frierson, Willena Cannon, and Jill Williams. Their work was complemented by the integrity of other community members who devoted large measures of time and talent to the quest for truth and reconciliation: Emily Harwell,Alex Goldstein,Lisa Magarrell,Lucy Lewis, Bob Foxworth, Margaret Arbuckle, Eric Ginsburg, and Wesley Morris. My colleagues and students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in the College of Arts and Sciences, and with the Department of Communication Studies offered unwavering support for my research activities, including the funding of two year-long Ashby Dialogues to engage critical questions surrounding truth and reconciliation , a Center for Critical Inquiry stipend, and a research leave to complete a large portion of the writing of this manuscript.Specifically, I extend my gratitude to the following people for entertaining my questions, curiosities, and attempts to “do right” through extended conversations, moral support, and intellectual inquiry: Chris Poulos, Tim Johnston, Marsha Paludan, Pete Kellett, Etsuko Kinefuchi, Roy Schwartzman, Cathy Hamilton, Cynthia Dew, Matt Barr, Glenn Hudack, Carol Steger, Donata Nelson, Sarah Symonds, Kristi Parker, Stephen Sills, Belinda Walzer, and Steve Flynn. I depended as well on colleagues elsewhere, friends, and family as important sounding boards for this challenging work. So often, they said one small thing or suggested a direction I had not previously considered that helped me to more clearly define the focus for this project. Thank you,H.L.Goodall,Jr.,Dan DeGooyer,Stephen Bloch-Schulman, vii Sherry Giles, Ed Whitfield, Dan Malotky, Larry Morse, Claire Morse, Jay Mattson,Sander Mattson,Lena Mattson,Cliff Mattson,Roy Wood, Michael Hyde, Larry Frey, and Kevin Carragee. My appreciation goes out as well to UNCG’s Office of Leadership and Service-Learning and Office of Undergraduate Research and to the University of Denver’s Center for Civic Ethics for their financial support. Many thanks to Jean Rodenbough and Alicia Sowisdral for the use of their creative and important poetic expressions in this book. To Lawrence Malley, director and editor of the University of Arkansas Press, I offer my sincere appreciation for the enthusiasm, support, wisdom, kindness, and guidance provided throughout the development of this book. My thanks extend as well to the press production folks including Brian King, Deena Owens, and Melissa King and copyeditor Deborah Upton. My father died before I finished writing this book, but his dogged pursuit of the truth continues to influence my deep sense of responsibility to engage the political dimensions of our social world so that we can uplift the human spirit. That commitment I happily share today with my husband, Lewis Pitts, whose prophetic vision for peace, justice,and the promise of democracy makes my life more meaningful, as it has for the survivors of November , . viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...