Thomas Jefferson. Robert E. Lee. Thomas Yawkey. What do those three men have in common? Besides being dead? Well, in 2017, they spent some time in the news. Jefferson, the slave owner. Yawkey, the Red Sox baseball owner who adamantly resisted integration. Lee, a general in the Confederate army. Deceased, their names were resurrected in op …
Thomas Jefferson. Robert E. Lee. Thomas Yawkey. They have all been in the news this last week. Jefferson, the slave owner. Yawkey, the Red Sox baseball owner who adamantly resisted integration. Lee, a general in the Confederate army. Racists. Bad guys. The proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee was …