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Driscoll Crabbe

JCMP Intern

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Kathryn Smith KT NS
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The Jefferson County Memorial Project is a grass-roots community research and outreach program. It is composed of fellows who spend the first semester researching a topic and then the second semester presenting that research in a report and then through an outreach program.


Last year JCMP researched lynchings in jefferson county and this year the fellows are researching Linn Park, formerly called Woodrow Wilson Park. Each fellow gets a decade in which they are responsible for for research. Each fellow researches how the park was used/ a general theme in Bimringham during their decade with which the park is associated.

This research is important because each year the fellows research a different topic in relation to the racist history of Jefferson County. In order to bring equal justice to all, it is crucial that alabama have a more well-rounded and accurate reflection of its racist past. This research and outreach done by the fellows offers a comprehensive perspective of Jefferson county that otherwise would have been ignored or forgotten. JCMP is helping right historical wrongs done in Alabama by ensuring they they are never repeated.

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  1. Post by Natalie Santiago
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    I think that it is interesting that each year the fellows focus on a different topic, as I remember hearing about last years project. As equal justice plays a huge role specifically in the South, so the fact that the JCMP is constantly doing things to unravel it all is great. The only question I have is, how are they going to ensure that they never repeat these wrong doings? Is it by making people more aware of what was done and to learn from it enough to educate oneself so it does not happen again? or Is there this certain agenda that the JCMP is trying to accomplish? 
  2. Post by Katherine Tucker
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    I think this research is so comprehensive and important, especially during the current events which demonstrate the consequences of lack of reconciliation with our violent past. My interest is in how this information will be publicized to citizens and marketed to individuals so that we can be informed about our state's history. Is there a plan for getting this extensive research out to the public?
  3. Post by Kathryn Smith
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    I agree with Natalie and Katherine -- would love to hear more about the outreach program as we go through the term!
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