S5E1: Reconciliation group heals terror of the past one relationship at a time

When pundits and politicians talk about rural America, it’s often another way of saying white America. 

But that would also be a misperception, according to the Brookings Institution. The share of people of color living in rural areas has increased in the last decade from one-fifth to about a quarter.

As racial diversity in small towns increases, some are working to improve racial understanding there.

This episode is part of “Agents of Change: Community efforts to overcome racial inequities,” an editorial series created in collaboration with Report for America, with the support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, that highlights the efforts of local communities to address racial inequalities through grassroots approaches.

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Mapping rural America’s diversity and demographic change, The Brookings Institution
• Weakley County Reconciliation Project
• Discovery Park of America
• Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice 
• Text version: Reconciliation group heals terror of the past one relationship at a time

People mentioned in this episode: Joyce Washington, Robert Nunley, Linda Ramsey, Scott Williams, Melinda Meador, Madison Jones