Jeremy Redmon
@JeremyLRedmon
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I write for @ajc. Bylines in @SmithsonianMag @oxfordamerican @taskandpurpose @thewarhorsenews @BitterSouth @USALacrosseMag. Teaching journalism at @mujschool.
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Joined April 2012
Many American POWs were freed from North Vietnam following the Paris peace agreement in 1973. This year, some visited Hanoi to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their freedom. This is about their journey toward healing and more. (1 of 4) @SmithsonianMag
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A group of American veterans return to the infamous compound where they and hundreds of other service members were held captive and tortured during the war
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Please join me at the @DecaturBookFest this Saturday from 3:45-4:45 as I moderate a discussion with bestselling author @TanyaTalaga about her deeply researched book, “The Knowing: How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today.”
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CARE, other Georgia humanitarian organizations lay off staff, lower wages
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Several Georgia-based nonprofits, including CARE, the Carter Center and the Task Force for Global Health are feeling the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts tied to USAID.
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How a Civil War soldier’s famous painting of a Confederate prison in Georgia came to life, helping shape Memorial Day, as researched and told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon
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The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.
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For one Georgia soldier, transgender ban prompts painful decision https://t.co/rSYBLrSOQy
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The Pentagon's transgender ban, upheld by the Supreme Court this month, prompted a painful decision for a military service member stationed in Georgia.
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Georgia WWII veteran, 100 years old, to receive French Legion of Honor https://t.co/cWcWQkXGHB
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The French government is preparing to present Alan Kinder, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, with the Legion of Honor, the European country’s highest decoration.
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Inspector general draft: VA Augusta leaders fostered ‘culture of fear’ https://t.co/tBPvhhZpMv
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VA Augusta Health Care System leaders fostered a “culture of fear," according to an Office of Inspector General draft report viewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Veterans Affairs shakes up leadership in Augusta amid concerns https://t.co/LbVSsxlbhn
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The VA announced a leadership shakeup at its Augusta Health Care System, citing “potential issues and questions regarding organizational health and workplace culture.”
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Big Georgia military base renamed for veteran who avoided attention https://t.co/lwrNBrtHiM
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Georgia's Fort Moore is being renamed after Fred Benning, a modest World War I hero from Nebraska who avoided discussing his service. Now he's in the limelight, posthumously.
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The story of Winfred Rembert, who was nearly lynched in South Georgia and went on to become a celebrated artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist, as told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon
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Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
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AJC Black History Month Day 23b: Winfred Rembert The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist grew up in South Georgia, where he survived a lynch mob attack and endured forced labor. @ajc @itsuatl @PulitzerPrizes
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Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
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