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We believe that facing the whole truth of the history of our nation and our local communities is necessary to achieve the justice that has been promised but not delivered.
The Washington County Community Remembrance Project is a partner of the Equal Justice Initiative and the Northwest Arkansas Black Heritage Association. The project is about involving the African American community and others in establishing a memorial marker for Aaron, Anthony and Randall — three victims of racial terror in the history of Washington County.
To achieve this goal, the coalition members have committed to forthrightly addressing painful themes in the troubling racial history of our community, our state and our nation, and the reality and the impacts of our differing relationships to this history. We have accepted the challenge of engaging in open, truthful and productive conversations, and sharing the diverse perspectives that necessarily reflect the ways we are each affected by the historic and on-going context of white supremacy.
Engaging the community in deliberate and organized acts of remembrance is one way to disrupt habits of ignorance and complacency so that we can acknowledge the injustices of the past and present, and work together with greater understanding, honesty, and courage to create a fully just community.
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