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Alexa Hazel

Alexa Hazel is a writer and a graduate student at Stanford University. icon

Hilton Head Island—Haunted by Its Own History

By Alexa Hazel

Historical traces of racism and exclusion remain on the island. It’s just that new residents can’t—or won’t—read them.

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