Author examines history of violence toward Black people by ‘uncovering’ his family history

Editor’s note: This story contains language and descriptions surrounding abuse and assault. When Lee Hawkins was a budding journalist writing for The Badger Herald at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 1990s, he was just beginning his decades-long journey to understanding the connection between his family history and the physical abuse of his childhood…

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