In the quiet community of Cottonton, Alabama, the evening of September 15, 1984, was shattered by an act of violence that would resonate for decades. Hugh Simms Kite, a 63-year-old white male and the proprietor of Kite's Grocery and Bait Store, a local gathering place on Alabama 165, was in the process of closing for the night. His wife had called, requesting he bring home a bag of ice. As a ten-year-old helper waited inside the store, Kite went around to the back of the building where his truck
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