the novels of thomas dickson, journalism of tom watson, legislation about lynching. legislation about this franchise meant going on. to put together, in an hour by hour account, of an episode of white supremacy, and white violence. when that book came out in 2001, it made a local splash. educators, in georgia, the first book account of what happened. educators and georgia developed item units on the riot, and put them into the georgia hariri curriculum. it altered social studies in the state afterwards. but, and here is where i think daniela and i don't disagree on the characterization. i don't think that that is the central story of america. the story of america is a stunning assertion of individual rights. individual freedoms. not group identity. there is a great today shun of anti group identity in united states history, and literature thinks of all the figures who are individualists, nonconforming, this rogue,'s renegades, runaways, orphans. ben franklin, emerson, self reliance, the rove, heading to the woods to say leave me alone, emily dickinson in her room and