Deep South | E5 A Very American Crime

Unfinished

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Some people still refuse to call Isadore’s murder a lynching. So in this episode, we take a step back to ask: what, exactly, is a lynching? And why, in 2020, do we still have trouble talking about it?

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0:42.0	In this episode, we'll talk a lot about linging and racial terrorism.
0:46.0	There are descriptions of disturbing images, so please take care while listening.
0:57.0	In October 2018, Taylor and I moved with our son to Arkansas for a month so we could focus on reporting.
1:04.0	By then, cooler weather had finally flowed down to the Delta.
1:08.0	Halloween decorations had sprung up in people's yards and so had a colorful crop of election size.
1:14.0	I'm campaigning for Cynthia Lucas for Judgeds at the Peace and...
1:19.0	Each day as we drove up to the old county courthouse to dig through records, we passed through a scrim of people.
1:24.0	He's right there. He's the candidate for West Smith as mayor.
1:27.0	Holding campaign signs.
1:29.0	It seems like more signs showed up overnight.
1:31.0	Shaking hands and asking for votes.
1:34.0	A posing candidate who were smiling, making small talk, drinking coffee.
1:42.0	Where y'all from?
1:43.0	It was all so nice.
1:48.0	We're good. Come on in.
1:50.0	We're good.
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