THE NEO-NAZI HORROR IN MURFREESBORO. Contrast the Harmony in 1896 at Cousin Jesse Sparks's Funeral

Headline: "Overwhelming Presence of Tennessee Law Enforcement Ensures Peaceful ‘White Lives Matter’ Rally in Murfreesboro."
Well, that reminds me that a cousin of mine who had been falsely accused of atrocities by Yankee papers in 1863 lived to have a solemn funeral in Murfreesboro.

The Nashville TENNESSEAN on 4 August 1896:
COLORED CITIZENS WILL ACT. Murfreesboro, Aug. 3. --(Special.) -- A large meeting of the colored citizens of Murfreesboro will be held in the courthouse on Wednesday, the 5th inst., at 2 o'clock in honor of the late Hon. J. W. Sparks. Rev. J. Allen Viney, of New Orleans, and William Dickson Greer will be the principal speakers. A cordial invitation is extended to the white citizens to attend.