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**History Shows Us**

Join historian Lettie Gore as she examines what history shows us and makes critical connections between the past and present. Lettie’s passion for history and educating about the truth can be heard and felt through her engaging discussions about racism, current events, racial justice, and politics in a time when historical background needs to meet current realities. Her perspective and delivery are unique, direct, and just what you need to hear.

Latest Episodes:

Friday Five: What's Really Disrespectful? Feb 08, 2020

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A SOTU speech being ripped up is not the most divisive thing in this country. There are bigger issues.

Friday Five: Black History Month Jan 31, 2020

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Just five things centered around Black History Month!

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The ABCs of Anti-Slavery in 1846 & Teaching Actual Truth to Children Today Jan 29, 2020

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What if when you learned your ABCs, you also learned why slavery was horrible? The Anti-Slavery Alphabet did just that and was published in 1846. In this episode, I discuss what else was happening in America around this time (because, as I always say, history is not isolated) and I read the entire alphabet and what each letter stood for. I also talk about issues with children's books, textbooks, and curriculum that sugarcoat and don't tell the truth about history, and why educating children about slavery today is crucial for a firm foundation of not just our country, but the world we live in.

Mentioned in the episode:

"The Anti-Slavery Alphabet: Teaching Slavery's Evils in 1846" - from my Sincerely, Lettie blog!
"When Are Children Old Enough to Learn About Slavery" - Washington Post article
"Slavery, Resistance, and Reparations" - Social Justice Books (WONDERFUL source!! Elementary books all the way to adult!)
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Friday Five: Stop Doing These Things Jan 24, 2020

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One of this week's Friday Five is to stop telling Black people how to feel about racism. You want to hear the other four. Trust me!
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Friday Five: What Are You Doing Differently? Jan 17, 2020

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Happy Friday! If you're saying nothing, you're saying something. The film "Just Mercy." Listening to Black voices and people of color. Appreciating those you have. Challenge yourself to do something different.

Montgomery's Underground Soul Food: Georgia Gilmore and the Club From Nowhere Jan 15, 2020

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Georgia Gilmore played a pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After vowing to never ride the buses again because of racism and segregation, she later started the Club From Nowhere which was a grassroots project to provide food and funds for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., other civil rights leaders, and thousands of other people were fed by Ms. Gilmore, partaking in soul food, fellowship, and a sense of community while being part of the resistance. A meal was much more than staying nourished. It inspired political and social change and, in this case, is more evidence of black resilience in America.

Tune in to learn more about this history and how black women like Ms. Gilmore were the unsung heroes of the boycott, the civil rights movement, and continue to be at the forefront of the fight for racial justice.

Email: sincerelylettie@gmail.com
Instagram: @sincerely.lettie

Friday Five: Something New! Jan 10, 2020

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Friday Five will be a podcast addition that appears each Friday where I take 10-15 minutes to share five things I've come across or thought of during the week. It'll be a little bit of everything! Tune in to this first Friday Five episode to see what I mean!

Words for 2020, Watch Night, & the History of New Year's Day Jan 01, 2020

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Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2020, and season 3, I discuss what New Year's Eve and Day meant for enslaved people and why this grim history puts things into perspective. Knowing this history, and the separation of families on a day we now celebrate joyfully, is important when viewing what is currently happening in our country. I also share my two words for this year and why I chose them.
Harriet Jacobs book I mention in this episode: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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Email: sincerelylettie@gmail.com

The Jim Crow Series: Racial Terror, Violence, & Lynching (Part 2) Dec 04, 2019

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Public spectacle lynchings. The black body as souvenir. I read lynching accounts and, I warn you, a few of them are graphic. The legacy of lynching as capital punishment. I discuss all of that and more in this episode. It's a heavy one, but oh so necessary.

If you haven't listened to part 1 of this episode, please do so!

Subscribe, rate, and review! I really appreciate it.

Also, please email me at sincerelylettie@gmail.com

The Jim Crow Series: Racial Terror, Violence, & Lynching (Part 1) Nov 20, 2019

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In this week's episode, I explain why and how black Americans were victims of racial violence, terror, and lynching. I start with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. This is part 1 of 2 and I decided to do it this way because setting the scene and understanding the 'why' is important when looking at the political and social atmosphere of the time. Get ready for all the knowledge in this episode!

After the Civil War, black Americans were targets of racial terror and violence because of white supremacy and racism. This happened in both the North and the South, though Southern states were notorious for such evil. The federal government's involvement and complicity, loopholes to amendments in the Constitution, Confederate leaders in public offices, and much more, show how and why racial violence and terror happened, and also why over 4,000 [documented] racial terror lynchings occurred in Southern states between 1877 and 1950, and over 300 racial terror lynchings in other states during this same time.

To read more about racial terror lynchings in the United States, the Equal Justice Initiative is a phenomenal source.

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