A Black, gay moonshiner turned war veteran in Jim Crow America | Guest column

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A Black, gay moonshiner turned war veteran in Jim Crow America | Guest column

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July 1, 2026 · 9:00 AM
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Shockoe Institute opens bold exhibition on enslavement
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Shockoe Institute opens bold exhibition on enslavement

Arthur Adams — Appalachian bootlegger, two-war Army veteran, Great Migration trailblazer, and this columnist's ancestor — shattered Jim Crow’s racial, social and sexual barriers to build a fiercely independent life defined by resilience, defiance and an unyielding pursuit of true…

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