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Enslaved vs. Slave Oct 08, 2020

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In this episode I discuss the importance of language that humanizes. Enslaved vs. slave is just one example. Listen to learn more!

You Asked, I Answered! Sep 23, 2020

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I’m real on every podcast episode but y’all will see that this one went a step further. I decided to do this podcast Q&A style and answer questions submitted to me on Instagram earlier this week. These were good questions, ranging from cancel culture, “law and order”, my history career, microaggressions, and a lot more.

A Few James Baldwin Excerpts Sep 09, 2020

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In this week's episode I read excerpts from a few interviews with James Baldwin. Black power, nonviolence, and the state of America are just a few topics he touches on. Listen and hear beyond just the words he said and recognize how they speak directly to our country today.

This month my "Lessons with Lettie" on Patreon dive into the brilliance of James Baldwin and I will be going into depth about his writings and interviews. Join today!

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Traumatic Videos, History, & Police Brutality Aug 26, 2020

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It’s easy to think sharing videos of Black people as victims of police brutality is helpful. It’s not. These videos are traumatizing. Ask yourself why you think a video is necessary instead of simply believing Black people when we say this brutality happens because of racism and white supremacy? History shows us that the fight against racism, lynchings, and police brutality continued without access to this “proof.” Also let me add that the system isn’t broken; it is functioning the way it was and is intended to.

Kathleen Cleaver: "Women, Power, & Revolution" Aug 19, 2020

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In this week's episode I read Kathleen Cleaver's "Women, Power, & Revolution" (1998). Kathleen Cleaver was one of the most influential leaders of the Black Panther Party. Images of the Black Panther Party are largely of Black men, but two-thirds of its members were women, nationally. The intersection of race and gender was at the forefront for women like Cleaver and what she says brings sheds more light on the importance of historical narrative, intersectionality, Black feminism, and dismantling racism.

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You Recognize Racism? That’s Not the End Aug 12, 2020

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Doing antiracism work is not a trend. There is also depth to it. It is about taking action, and in this episode I get into what I mean. Racism didn’t just become a problem because you decided to start paying attention.

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Fred Shuttlesworth & Civil Rights In Birmingham Aug 05, 2020

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When Dr. King took the wheel of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was already trying to start a movement in Birmingham. He was one of the most courageous leaders of the civil rights movement who survived beatings, bombings, and dozens of arrests in his efforts to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama and throughout the south.

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What’s Your Good Trouble?: John Lewis Jul 22, 2020

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Some of my thoughts on John Lewis and his legacy. He was a courageous Black man who fought for civil rights and Black lives. What a legacy he left! I’m going to keep finding a way to get in the way. I’m going to keep getting in good trouble.

S4E1: June Johnson & the Mississippi Freedom Movement Jul 15, 2020

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"I didn't care what happened to me. I was going to be free or continue to be a part of a struggle to fight for the freedom of people of this country."

June Johnson was a Black civil rights organizer in Greenwood, Mississippi with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and when she was 16 years old, she was arrested and endured horrific treatment in a jail in Montgomery County, Mississippi. June's name is one that gets overshadowed when discussions about the civil rights movement occur, but she was critical in Mississippi's Freedom Movement.

In this episode you will learn about June Johnson, the 1964 Freedom Summer Project, what is was like living in the Mississippi Delta, what happened to June, Fannie Lou Hamer, and others the summer of 1963, SNCC, connections to other well-known civil rights movement events, and why/how this all matters today as we continue to fight for racial justice, protest police brutality, scream "Black Lives Matter", and continue to educate about antiracism's critical role in dismantling racism and white supremacy.
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Patreon Launch + Season Finale May 19, 2020

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BIG news on this season finale episode! I launched my Patreon, finished my second master's degree, and this podcast will resume in July! There's more and I can't wait for you to hear.
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