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Jeremy Redmon

@JeremyLRedmon

Journalist, author and educator editing for @usatoday and teaching at @mujschool.

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Joined April 2012
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In Monday's paper: “Tell the Kids I Love Them: A Memoir,” by @JeremyLRedmon, an excerpt: bit.ly/4y5SKX4
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Oxford American@oxfordamericanSep 16
"So my father's suicide became a chasm." From the archive, @JeremyLRedmon dissects his trauma surrounding his veteran father’s suicide and reflects on his time as a journalist during the Iraq war.  Read his full story at the link in bio.
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We are delighted to welcome Jeremy Redmon for the launch of his new memoir, “Tell the Kids I Love Them.” The author will appear in conversation with Hank Klibanoff, veteran journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and host of the Peabody Award-winning podcast "Buried Truths."
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Near the eve of this country’s birthday, a view from the Borderlands… War redrew the US southern border. The culture never surrendered. usatoday.com/story/news/usa2…
War redrew the US southern border. The culture never surrendered.

War redrew the US southern border. The culture never surrendered.

The changes on the southern border reshaped Native, Spanish and Mexican communities, telling a story of resilience and resistance.

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Duane Gang@duanegangMay 24
In an exclusive essay for @USATODAY, the historians @ProfDBrinkley and @HaroldHolzer trace how a little-known Lincoln portrait became Theodore Roosevelt’s moral compass. usatoday.com/story/news/usa2…
The story of a Lincoln painting and how it guided Theodore Roosevelt

The story of a Lincoln painting and how it guided Theodore Roosevelt

Read about the 19th century portrait of Abraham Lincoln that guided President Theodore Roosevelt and will soon go on public display.

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CARE, other Georgia humanitarian organizations lay off staff, lower wages bit.ly/4kD6TnK
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mike esterl@mikeesterl24 May 2025
How a Civil War soldier’s famous painting of a Confederate prison in Georgia came to life, helping shape Memorial Day, as researched and told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/news/2025/05/hell-up…
Story behind Georgia Civil War drawing of Andersonville Prison

Story behind Georgia Civil War drawing of Andersonville Prison

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

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mike esterl@mikeesterl24 Feb 2025
The story of Winfred Rembert, who was nearly lynched in South Georgia and went on to become a celebrated artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist, as told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/things-to-do/winfred…
Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings

Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings

Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

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Ernie Suggs@erniesuggs23 Feb 2025
AJC Black History Month Day 23b: Winfred Rembert The Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist grew up in South Georgia, where he survived a lynch mob attack and endured forced labor. @ajc @itsuatl @PulitzerPrizes ajc.com/things-to-do/winfred…
Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings

Winfred Rembert documented the Jim Crow era with deeply personal paintings

Today, Rembert’s painting of a lively scene inside a juke joint in his hometown of Cuthbert, “The Dirty Spoon Café,” is on display in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

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More publicity this weekend! Reporter Jeremy Redmon featured our COVID-19 Monument in the Living Arts Section of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Read his engaging story on Savannah sculptor Casey Schachner & her design concept for our COVID-19 Monument of Honor, Remembrance, & Resilience. @ajc @JeremyLRedmon. Plant a tribute to a loved one lost to COVID or to an essential worker in the Virtual Memory Garden today: covidmemorialmonument.org
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mike esterl@mikeesterl24 Jan 2025
Monday is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Younger generations are sharing family stories as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles. Read one Georgia family's story from the AJC's @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/news/on-80th-anniver…
On 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, descendants keep memories alive

On 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation, descendants keep memories alive

Younger generations in Atlanta are keeping alive Holocaust survivors' stories, including the harrowing experience of Murray Lynn.

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Advocates continue the fight for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits ajc.com/news/soldiers-expose…
Advocates continue the fight for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

Advocates continue the fight for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

Under the PACT Act, the VA has approved 59,372 disability compensation claims from more than 51,000 veterans and surviving relatives residing in Georgia.

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AJC ePaper, - Sat, 11/30/24 - Page 23 edition.pagesuite.com/html5/…
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AJC ePaper, - Sat, 11/30/24 - Page 19 edition.pagesuite.com/html5/…
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UATL@itsuatl11 Nov 2024
Georgians to remember famed Tuskegee Airmen on Veterans Day ajc.com/news/georgians-to-re…
Georgians to remember famed Tuskegee Airmen on Veterans Day

Georgians to remember famed Tuskegee Airmen on Veterans Day

At a Veterans Day event in Georgia, a retired U.S. Navy captain will speak about carrying on the legacy of his father and other pioneering Tuskegee Airmen.

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Caleb Groves@calebbgroves6 Nov 2024
It feels surreal having the opportunity to work alongside two of the most influential professors I had in college. Thanks @JeremyLRedmon and @shannonajc1 Trump supporters cheer on his return to the White House: ajc.com/news/trump-supporter…
Trump supporters in Georgia bask in his reelection

Trump supporters in Georgia bask in his reelection

Donald Trump supporters in Georgia jubilant after his election victory and praise the Republican's stances on economy and immigration.

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#BREAKING: The state can no longer enforce its ban on abortion that took effect in 2022, a Fulton County judge said Monday, allowing the procedure again to be performed in Georgia after a doctor detects fetal cardiac activity. ajc.com/politics/judge-again…
Judge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban

Judge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban

The procedure is again allowed up until about 22 weeks of pregnancy.

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“Many Haitian people are desperate. They are starving,” Roxane Gay writes. "And few people outside of Haiti care. It is much easier to make jokes about mud cakes, or to dance to a remix of Trump saying, ‘They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the dogs.’ ” nyer.cm/5hjsPAf
The Haitian Question

The Haitian Question

By fuelling false rumors about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating cats and dogs, Trump and Vance are bringing an old—and still dangerous—trope into the 2024 campaign.

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UATL@itsuatl19 Sep 2024
Georgia research illuminates plight of Cherokee Indians forced west ajc.com/news/georgia-researc…
Research shines light on violence against Cherokee in North Georgia

Research shines light on violence against Cherokee in North Georgia

Reinhardt University researchers are transcribing property claims by the Cherokee, revealing the dispossession, thievery and violence they experienced in North Georgia.

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Army Ranger jumps into Normandy to honor his World War II Ranger grandfather trib.al/jAiq7Mb
Army Ranger jumps into Normandy to honor his World War II Ranger grandfather

Army Ranger jumps into Normandy to honor his World War II Ranger grandfather

The judge advocate with the 75th Ranger Regiment was inspired by his grandfather, who fought in the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II.

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