Ellen's Very Southern Voice<p>I've been working on this essay forever. About my ancestral grandmother Ellen, her spreading the Lost Cause Myth, which justified lynching, and living in Mississippi at the same time as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett. I feel good about it, but it's long, 3400 words, and complicated in my expanding understanding of the deep damage Ellen did. I don't know if anyone will ever want to publish it. But I've done what I can. Now for readers.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmEditing</span></a></p>