Race/Related: The wildfire that devastated a thriving Black community

The Lincoln Heights community endured for decades. Then came the Mill fire. 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Frank for The New York Times ‘So Much Was Lost’ [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2VsbGVuLWJyb3duaW5nP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Kellen Browning](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2VsbGVuLWJyb3duaW5nP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Tech Reporter, Business WEED, Calif. — The gray rubble appears suddenly on both sides of the highway winding through this small Northern California town, as houses give way to a landscape of charred wreckage and the remains of homes, bleached white by wildfire. The devastation stretches for blocks. Metal skeletons of cars and blackened trees indicate where properties once stood in the shadow of Mount Shasta. This neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, was once the thriving and vibrant home of a Black community — a rare sight in predominantly white, rural Siskiyou County, which hugs the Oregon border. Black laborers moved here from Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas to work at a lumber mill in the 1920s, and their descendants continued to live in houses on the outskirts of town, passed down through generations. For decades, the mill next to Lincoln Heights offered opportunity and hope for those seeking a job and a better life. Now, residents see it as a symbol of the neighborhood’s destruction. Roseburg Forest Products, the mill’s owner, has said it is investigating whether hot ash in its facility [started the Mill fire](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wOS8wNC91cy9taWxsLWZpcmUtY2FsaWZvcm5pYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), which ripped through Lincoln Heights before exploding to 4,000 acres in early September. In Weed, the Mill fire consumed most of Lincoln Heights, killing two people and destroying nearly 60 homes. The park that served as a gathering place is all that remains of the eastern side of the neighborhood. “You can build that house back. But that home is a most special place,” said Andrew Greene, 84, who raised his children in Lincoln Heights. “It’s a place of culture, it’s a place of growth, it’s a place of remembrance and most of all it’s a place of love.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMTAwOFcDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ The rapid blaze was the latest in a series of fires in California that, as the climate warms, have leveled neighborhoods like [Coffey Park](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8xMC8xMC91cy9zYW50YS1yb3NhLWNhbGlmb3JuaWEtZmlyZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in Santa Rosa, or towns like [Paradise](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAxOS8wNy8zMS9tYWdhemluZS9wYXJhZGlzZS1jYW1wLWZpcmUtY2FsaWZvcm5pYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and [Greenville](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wOC8wNS91cy9kaXhpZS1maXJlLWdyZWVudmlsbGUtY2FsaWZvcm5pYS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). That devastation has forced wildfire victims to choose between rebuilding or starting life anew elsewhere. The hints of life from before the fire are few in Lincoln Heights. A child’s bicycle abandoned on the side of the road. A pocket watch peeking through debris. At one property, atop porch steps that lead nowhere, sits a vase of fresh flowers as a memorial. Many residents have pledged to rebuild. But they worry that enough of their neighbors will flee to other cities for the spirit of the old neighborhood to be lost for good. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNy91cy9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLWxpbmNvbG4taGVpZ2h0cy13aWxkZmlyZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMTAwOFcDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Eric Wynn, who performed in drag shows at Club 219 under the name Erica Stevens, as Tina Turner.Eric Wynn ‘We Don’t Want to Relive It’ [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcmVteS10dW1pbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMTAwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03NDA3MiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDIwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) By [Remy Tumin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcmVteS10dW1pbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMTAwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03NDA3MiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDIwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) For years, Eric Wynn was the only Black drag queen at Club 219 in Milwaukee. He performed as Erica Stevens, singing Whitney Houston, Grace Jones and Tina Turner for adoring fans, eventually earning the title of Miss Gay Wisconsin in 1986 and 1987. “I had this group of Black kids who came in because they were represented,” Wynn, now 58, said of his time at the club in the late 1980s and early ’90s. “I saw them and let them know I saw them, because they finally had representation onstage.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMTAwOFcDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Among them were Eddie Smith, who was known as “the Sheikh” because he often wore a head scarf, and Anthony Hughes, who was deaf. Hughes was “my absolute favorite fan” and blushed when Wynn winked at him from stage. In return, Hughes taught him the ABCs of sign language. “He would sit there laughing at me when I was trying to learn sign language with my big, old fake nails on,” Wynn recalled, laughing. But then, Wynn said, the group of young Black men began to thin out. “They were there and then all of the sudden there were less of them,” he said. Rodney Burford, right, as Tony Hughes in “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”Netflix Smith and Hughes were two of the [17 young men](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP4QzAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lmpzb25saW5lLmNvbS9zdG9yeS9uZXdzLzIwMjIvMDkvMjgvamVmZnJleS1kYWhtZXJzLTE3LXZpY3RpbXMtYW5kLXdoYXQtd2Uta25ldy10aGVtLWVycm9sLWxpbmRzZXktcml0YS1pc2JlbGwtYW50aG9ueS10b255LWh1Z2hlcy8xMDQ0MzIzNTAwMi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwNzImbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQyMCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxpWEFjUO_3v1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Jeffrey Dahmer killed, dismembered and cannibalized in a serial murder spree that largely targeted the gay community in Milwaukee between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was a frequent customer at Club 219. He was [sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMTk5Mi8wMi8xOC91cy8xNS1saWZlLXRlcm1zLWFuZC1uby1wYXJvbGUtZm9yLWRhaG1lci5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in prison but was killed in prison in 1994. Dahmer’s life has the been the subject of several documentaries and books, but none have received the attention or criticism showered on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which dramatizes the killing spree in a 10-part series created by Ryan Murphy. It stars Evan Peters as Dahmer and Niecy Nash as a neighbor who repeatedly tried to warn the police, and aims to explore Dahmer’s gruesome tale through the stories of his victims. For many critics, that attempt failed immediately when Netflix labeled the series under its L.G.B.T.Q. vertical when it premiered last month. The label was removed [after pushback on Twitter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9RX1Jldmlldy9zdGF0dXMvMTU3MjcxNjI2OTI1MzY3NzA1Nj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMTAwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD03NDA3MiZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTA5NDIwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpjPGlYQWNQ7_e_Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Wynn and families of the victims questioned the need to dramatize and humanize a serial killer at all. “It couldn’t be more wrong, more ill timed, and it’s a media grab,” Wynn said, adding that he was “disappointed” in Murphy. “I thought he was better than that.” Murphy, who rose to fame with the high school comedy show “Glee,” has explored true crime before. His mini-series “American Crime Story” tackled the assassination of Gianni Versace, the O.J. Simpson trial and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. But it was Murphy’s pivot from “The Normal Heart,” based on a play written by the AIDS activist Larry Kramer, and “Pose,” about New York City’s 1980s ballroom scene, to “Monster” that stopped Wynn in his tracks. Of “Pose,” Wynn said, “I was so impressed, we finally had representation that we were involved in.” He added, “It was such a great homage to all of us. And then he turns around and does this, somebody who is actually attacking the Black gay community.” Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNS9hcnRzL3RlbGV2aXNpb24vamVmZnJleS1kYWhtZXItbmV0ZmxpeC12aWN0aW1zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjEwMDgmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NzQwNzImbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEwOTQyMCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYzxpWEFjUO_3v1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). EDITORS’ PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are a few you shouldn’t miss. [[Article Image] Ren Fuller for The New York Times. Food Stylist:Laura Kinsey Dolph. 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By John Freeman Gill](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRlI91pP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8xMC8wNy9yZWFsZXN0YXRlL3NlZ3JlZ2F0ZWQtc2Nob29sLWxhbmRtYXJrLW1hbmhhdHRhbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIxMDA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTc0MDcyJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMDk0MjAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmM8aVhBY1Dv979SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Clockwise from top left: Camille Billops. The Hatch-Billops Collection, New York; Linda Goode Bryant and The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Camille Billops. The Hatch-Billops Collection, New York; Senga Nengudi and Lévy Gorvy. The Museum of Modern Art; Coreen Simpson. 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