3.6 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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In this episode, we explore the life and legacy of Hillery Thomas Stewart, an obscure figure in history who managed to purchase his own freedom and acquire over 500 acres of land before the end of slavery. We discuss the impact this would have had on generations of Black people, providing them with opportunities for wealth and stability. We also delve into the systematic ways white institutions took land from Black farmers during the Jim Crow era and the oppressive reality of sharecropping. Finally, we examine the full story of George Floyd's life, tracing his roots through generations of struggle and injustice in America.
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0:00.0 | I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions. |
0:12.0 | Now, this is the evidence. You want me to make an act of faith risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me |
0:23.1 | exists in America, which I have never seen. |
0:26.0 | Today, I've been told we are going to be talking about Hillary Thomas Stewart. |
0:30.3 | I have no idea who that person is. |
0:33.0 | And so, Garen, please introduce us. |
0:35.4 | And I'm excited to hear the story. |
0:37.5 | Yep. And before we jump in, I'm excited to hear the story. Yep. |
0:37.9 | And before we jump in, I also want to read a review that we got on the book because every |
0:44.0 | now and then we want to spotlight. |
0:45.5 | We have a book and remind you guys that we would love for you to buy it and read it. |
0:50.3 | So review on Amazon from Marty. |
0:52.5 | Marty, thank you for writing this. |
0:54.1 | He said, this book is very well |
0:55.6 | written and includes truthful history which we need to face as a society in order to move forward |
1:00.2 | in love and justice. This is a life-changing book. You'll never be the same after reading it, |
1:06.3 | but that's good. Life is about learning, growing, and changing, not romanticizing some distilled |
1:11.4 | and sanitized version of the past. When we face our history truthfully, we are no longer doomed |
1:16.7 | to repeat it and continue it. In the process, we can grow into a better person. So thank you, |
1:21.9 | Marty for taking the time to write that. Wow. Thank you, Marty. If you haven't got the book already, |
1:25.8 | I think it's really good. And Marty thinks... |
1:28.3 | Marty says it's great. |
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