Episode 2 : Welcome to LaGrange

Written By Leighton Parker

This week on Lewis and Broad, we have a special guest: Mayor Jim Thornton! Mayor Thornton is a native of LaGrange, and he shares his thoughts on LaGrange and what he hopes LaGrange will be in the coming future. To read a full biography on Mayor Thornton, click the link below. 

  • http://www.jimthornton.org/meet-jim/


Here is the link to read more about the formal apology of the Austin Calloway lynching:

  • https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/27/512036362/in-apology-for-decades-old-lynching-police-chief-aims-to-interrupt-the-past

Mayor Thornton talks about a biography of John Wesley, titled "Reasonable Enthusiast." The author of the book is Henry D Rack. 

Leighton Parker
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