Lynching in America - Part 1

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07/15/20 • 62 min

Part 1 of our discussion on Lynching in America. We discuss what lynchings are, the kind of society that enabled lynchings to occur for such a long period of time, and how the history of lynching in America helps us to understand and respond to present-day issues of racial injustice.

Visit https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore - Find the closest county you live near and try to find information on the specific lynchings

Read the report - https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/drupal/sites/default/files/2019-08/lynching-in-america-3d-ed-080219.pdf - A lot of information here, take your time, look at the pictures, ask yourself questions.

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Visit https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore - Find the closest county you live near and try to find information on the specific lynchings

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For hundreds of verses about God's zeal for justice:

https://sojo.net/list-some-more-2000verses-scripture-poverty-and-justice

https://www.facebook.com/gerinteed/posts/10111004133480142

On black women having the most education:

HBCU Editors, et al. "Black Women Are Ranked the Most Educated Group by Race & Gender." HBCU BUZZ, 21 July 2015.

On black women being the most entrepreneurial:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/underfunded-female-demographic-is-launching-the-most-start-ups-in-us.html

https://hbr.org/2021/05/black-women-are-more-likely-to-start-a-business-than-white-men

See a visualization of America's racial-geographical make-up at https://demographics.virginia.edu/

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Lynching in America - Part 2

Part 2 of our discussion on Lynching in America. We meet with Jessica Luther Rummel, a doctoral student at UNT studying the theo-historical origins of white supremacy and family advocate with the Denton County NAACP to discuss the history of Goat Man's Bridge and the case with Lermont Stowers-Jones. We then take some time to lament our past. Finally, we end the episode with interviewing the parents of Lermont Stowers-Jones, Amy and Lermon, to talk about their experience.

Share and support the Lermont Stowers-Jones case by visiting https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-lermont-stowersjones.

Visit https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/explore - Find the closest county you live near and try to find information on the specific lynchings

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