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The Black Moon Podcast - MarShawn McCarrel | Activism Kills

MarShawn McCarrel | Activism Kills

The Black Moon Podcast

06/06/19 • 41 min

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The first episode of the Black Moon Podcast honors the life of MarShawn McCarrel. MarShawn, or “Shawn” as his friends knew him, was a community organizer, a poet, and a bringer of joy to everyone around him. He inspired people to help others. His tribe described him as “living the commitments that many of us talk about everyday.” They said that “MarShawn was a soldier for the liberation of all people. His spirit was effervescent with visionary beauty, creativity, and love.”
On Monday, February 8th, 2016 around 6pm, at the tender age of 23, it is said that Marshawn McCarrel committed suicide in front of Ohio’s Statehouse. He was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. There were no witnesses to the shooting.
Topics touched on in include; activism, police brutality, depression, suicide, racism, and the suspicious deaths of Black activists all around the nation.
Referenced in this episode:

A Year in the Death of Tyrone West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-8jardyX4
Original music by: Siddy Beats

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06/06/19 • 41 min

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