In the United States, we often are socialized to believe that such things as slavery, the practice of lynching, and “Jim Crow” style discrimination are features of the HISTORICAL PAST that have little relevance to our modern-day society. And yet, in David Rose’s profile of the history, culture, and society of Columbus, Georgia, it becomes clear that these features of the past did not simply disappear. In some ways, the investigation and legal processing in the Stocking Stranglings case seemed to involve a replaying of events of the past. **Provide an original post that discusses the salient examples of this pattern, showing the connection between the past and the present in this regard.** In making your points, be sure to always cite the chapter and page numbers for the material you are drawing from Rose (2012).
